"Antigone and Sisterhood"
Chapter 1: "Two Sisters"
Oracle at Delphi that he will die at the hands of his own son. To prevent this from happening, he leaves his baby boy on a mountain to die, but another man saves the baby. Years later, Laius is murdered by robbers on the road. At the same time, a huge Sphinx has been terrorizing the land. One man, Oedipus, comes upon it on the road. Oedipus has been running away from home because an oracle has predicted he will kill his father and marry his mother. The Sphinx gives him an unsolved riddle: what creature walks on four legs, then two, then three? Oedipus answers: mankind, who crawls, then walks, then uses a cane. This answer is correct, and the Sphinx kills itself. Oedipus becomes a famous liberator and marries the late king's wife, Jocasta. After years of happy rule, a terrible plague hits the land. An oracle decrees that the only way for the plague to end would be to punish King Laius's killer. Oedipus seeks the truth, but a prophet tells Oedipus that he himself is the killer. A man from the robbery of Laius says the same thing. Upon realizing this truth, it becomes clear to Oedipus that he has killed his …show more content…
Ismene panicked and freaked out, almost having a heart attack full of fear and shock, and Antigone even looked suspicious, examining the oddly footprints. Just like a detective, the girl started looking for clues. She dipped her finger in some of the sandy mud and tasted it, eventually spitting the mud way far, but when she spit the mud, she has made a bad choice, because that answered with a really angry and ferocious super loud and ground-shaking roar and growl at the same time. Ismene couldn't stop breathing and breathing and breathing full of fear stress and tension, while Antigone was protecting and defending her sister, bravely telling
Chapter 1: "Two Sisters"
Oracle at Delphi that he will die at the hands of his own son. To prevent this from happening, he leaves his baby boy on a mountain to die, but another man saves the baby. Years later, Laius is murdered by robbers on the road. At the same time, a huge Sphinx has been terrorizing the land. One man, Oedipus, comes upon it on the road. Oedipus has been running away from home because an oracle has predicted he will kill his father and marry his mother. The Sphinx gives him an unsolved riddle: what creature walks on four legs, then two, then three? Oedipus answers: mankind, who crawls, then walks, then uses a cane. This answer is correct, and the Sphinx kills itself. Oedipus becomes a famous liberator and marries the late king's wife, Jocasta. After years of happy rule, a terrible plague hits the land. An oracle decrees that the only way for the plague to end would be to punish King Laius's killer. Oedipus seeks the truth, but a prophet tells Oedipus that he himself is the killer. A man from the robbery of Laius says the same thing. Upon realizing this truth, it becomes clear to Oedipus that he has killed his …show more content…
Ismene panicked and freaked out, almost having a heart attack full of fear and shock, and Antigone even looked suspicious, examining the oddly footprints. Just like a detective, the girl started looking for clues. She dipped her finger in some of the sandy mud and tasted it, eventually spitting the mud way far, but when she spit the mud, she has made a bad choice, because that answered with a really angry and ferocious super loud and ground-shaking roar and growl at the same time. Ismene couldn't stop breathing and breathing and breathing full of fear stress and tension, while Antigone was protecting and defending her sister, bravely telling