Antigone: The Struggle In Oedipus The King

In the first play, Oedipus the King, the setting is a city called Thebes. Thebes has a plague going on so Oedipus, being the king, sends his brother-in-law Creon to Delphic the Oracle. So that hopefully they would have the answers to stop the plague killing everyone off. Then when Creon comes back, he says the Apollo, a god, said that the person who murdered Laius was in Thebes. Laius was a ruler of Thebes before Oedipus was. So, to stop the plague the murderer had to be taken out of the city. Creon said how Laius was killed along with everyone in his group except one person. So, because the city was busy with other things, Oedipus took it upon himself to find the murderer to end the plague. The hardest punishment would be exile and the person …show more content…
The war struggle was over who controlled Thebes. Both of them died because of eachother. Creon ruled Thebes. Antigone brings up Creon’s announcement that if anyone mourns Polynices that they’d be killed to Ismene. Ismene says she loves her brother, Polynices, but she doesn’t want to be killed. Antigone says that she rather risk getting killed than to not honor her brother. Then Creon told the citizens that the order and safety is back in Thebes. Also that the other brother, Eteocles, would be buried correctly because he protected the city. A messenger comes in to tell Creon that someone did proper burial things to Polynices. The Chorus says it could’ve been the Gods doing but Creon says they wouldn’t do that. He tells the messenger that if he can’t find who did it that he’d be killed. So the messenger says that he’s leaving Thebes forever and left. The messenger comes back with Antigone later and says that she’s the person who did the burial ritual. The messenger said that Antigone was there when they dug the body back up and she began to put the body back into the ground. Antigone didn’t deny anything. Creon asked if she knew that she could be killed and she said she didn’t know. Creon get’s Ismene and says that both should be put to death. Antigone tells Creon she doesn’t mind to die and that the city of Thebes would agree with her. Antigone mentions how both were her brothers and that they needed proper burials. The sister comes in and tried to take some of the blame from Antigone and even says that she loves his son. The son says that his father is more important to him. But also mentions how his father’s followers didn’t always agree with what he had to say. The son and Creon get into an argument over what Creon should do. After their argument, Ismene isn’t to be killed but Antigone is to be buried alive. Antigone yells out about everything wrong