Similarities Between Oedipus And Antigone

Oedipus was the mythical Greek king of Thebes. Sophocles an ancient Greek playwright, who was famous for writing Greek tragedies created the character Oedipus. Sophocles created three Theban plays based on the character Oedipus called Antigone, then Oedipus the King, which was then followed by Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus represents two themes of Greek myth and drama, the nature of humanity and a person's fate in the course of destiny.
Antigone was the first of the three Theban plays that Sophocles wrote. Antigone is a story about two brothers named Polyneices and Eteocles who have both been killed in Thebes’ civil war. The new king of Thebes named Creon wants Eteocles to be honored and Polyneices to be disgraced. Antigone and Ismene are the sisters of the dead brothers, and Antigone wants to bury Polyneices, but Ismene refuses to help her, fearing the death penalty. One of the themes in the play Antigone would have to be pride. Creon creates a law because he believes it is divine will that is the ultimate display of punishable pride, for …show more content…
Oedipus the King was a story about Oedipus himself, a man who becomes the king of Thebes, and while unknowingly fulfills a prophecy that he would kill his father named Laius, and marry his mother, named Jocasta. One of the themes for Oedipus the King would have to be fate. Running away from one's fate eventually ensures that one is only running towards it.
The last of the three Theban plays that Sophocles wrote was Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus at Colonus was the sequel to Oedipus the King, The play describes the end of Oedipus' tragic life. Oedipus and Antigone reach a city named Colonus after being banished from his city because of his sins. The theme in this play would have to be guilt, Oedipus lives with the guilt of having a relationship with his mother and the killing of his parents. His overwhelming guilt at his actions causes him to blind