Similarities Between Antigone And Oedipus

In the reading of Antigone and Oedipus, there is a lot to be learned and applied to our lives now. Many aspects of dangers are encountered that help to uncover the wisdom behind them. One of these dangers that uncovers wisdom in my opinion is that "pride will be punished by the blows of fate," said by the chorus in Antigone. This statement brings about the question "are people responsible for their actions"? Next a question that should be addressed is, is leadership more important than family? Is it nobler to be stern or humble? Lastly, I will confront the question is are earthly laws more powerful than divine laws? All of these questions and assumptions all play a major role in the Oedipus Trilogy and in our lives now. Pride will be punished by the blows of fate is a quote taken from Antigone in the Oedipus trilogy. This quote mocks the saying from Psalms in the …show more content…
I find that in order to have order on earth you must first have a connection with order in heaven. When Creon received all of the power, he basically saw himself as a god amongst his people. He started to fade away from the divine laws and began to make his law the one and only law people should follow. Antigone proclaims that he can 't put civil laws over divine ones ' and that he has to follow the divine laws at all cost no matter what the situation is or he would enrage the gods. Creon has no argument against Antigone 's affectionate stance, but he feels that he either has to choose to go through with his word or risk loosing his power and manhood. Of course as we all know Creon chooses his own laws over the divine. This upsets the gods as told by the blind prophet, Tiresias. The elders of the city start to chant that nobody can go against the will of the gods. Tiresias warned Creon that the gods wouldn 't like him leaving Polynices out to rot and as his punishment, his son would die which came to pass. "But let justice roll on like a