Rebellion In Sophocles Oedipus The King

Death is not the end, but it is the beginning of a movement; therefore, the rebellion is necessary for any growing society. This is presented by the author and tragic poet Sophocles in his works, through brave characters that are going to be capable of challenging the government and the authority of the gods. For example, the work of Oedipus the King presents a strong man willing to do everything when it comes to his people, justice and truth. Also, the work of Antigone features a woman with character, capable of confronting the man and any authority which prevents her from justice. Similarly, in the adaptation of La Pasión según Antígona Pérez is a woman with a sense of equality and justice that it is prepared to face the consequences of her …show more content…
However, both were defending partial values that were the family and the perception of his people; they were also assuming too strict behaviors that would lead them to their own destiny. In the same way, it will be felt as the presence of the dead condition’s the actions of the living. Giving way to completely opposite things and at the same time similarly things where one character flees from his destiny, while the other will face it and both will have the courage to pay with the most sacred thing that they have. Next, it presents each story and the confrontation of the main characters against the law and the government. In first place, we have the work of Oedipus the king; it presents a strong, confident, wise and visioned man who had never thought he would be pursued by fatality. At first, the parents of Oedipus left him to die because they were aware of his fate; but the child was picked up by some shepherds and taken to Thebes to be adopted by the kings. Then, when he grew up, he showed the people that he was a man of his word and able to take care of