Eteocles

engagement and to teach their citizens how to properly act in a democracy. In Sophocles’ tragedy, Antigone, the play starts when Antigone returns to Thebes and finds out that both her brothers, Eteocles and Polynices have died fighting for the throne. The next king in line is Creon and his first decree is to bury Eteocles in honor and leave Polynices unburied in the open fields to decay. Distraught between her values and the law, she risks her life to disobey Creon and gives Polynices a small…

The study of family relationships is both fascinating and complex because every family has a different dynamic and connection. Within the family itself, there are different relationships between the individual members. A sister and brother have a different connection than two brothers do; a mother and a daughter have a different dynamic than a father and a daughter, and spouses interact differently with one another than they do with their children. Every member of the family brings something…

burial and refer to the omission of burial rites as an insult to human dignity.” They are talking about how important burials were, to the Greek culture. One example in the play Antigone was when Polynices and Eteocles went into war and both of them died. Their uncle Creon decided to give Eteocles a warriors burial whereas Polynices, he left to rot. He stated that Polynices…

Creon explains his reasoning for Eteocles burial and Polyneices disregard for one. Since Polyneices came with wrath to his city when in exile, Creon considers him a traitor and will not get a burial as a consequence. Eteocles, on the other hand, fought with honor for his city and died unfortunately due to Polyneices betrayal. That is why he received a proper burial. The Chorus brings up Creon’s one of many flaws. Creon has tendencies to assume he has the knowledge of the gods’ judgment; he…

who has just become the king of Thebes and has a flaw of having too much pride. He can’t control the power of being over other people and he just lets the power go to his head. In getting his new power, Creon institutes a law that states that only Eteocles will be buried with full honor and Polyneices “must be left unburied” (229). Creon warns the citizens by stating that “these are my principles” (232) for that nobody defies his law, including the gods. However, this goes against the law of the…

how they use it that matters. Power has a negative effect on people through rash decisions and past references. The ability to gain power quickly will just end up with a negative affect. King Creon is new to power and so he makes rash decisions. “Eteocles, who died… fighting for his country, is to be buried with full military honors...Polyneices who...c[a]me back with fire and sword...is to have no burial....” (Scene 1). This shows that because he is new to power, he made a rash decision based…

has focused on the themes of the play and forfeited to illustrate many of these issues. The synopsis of the story begins after two brothers (Eteocles and Polynices) died while fighting each other over the throne of Thebes. According to King Creon, Polynices was to be punished for illegally assuming power over the Throne that rightfully belonged to Eteocles. Therefore, the King ordered for Polynices not to be buried; rather his body was to be left and rot in the battlefield. However, Antigone…

means death, It will not be the worst of deaths -death without honor” (Sophocles). Such in the case in Sophocles’ play Antigone, Antigone 's older brothers Eteocles and Polyneices fought for who would rule Thebes. In result both Eteocles and Polyneices die fighting each other, causing Creon, the King of Thebes, to allow burying only Eteocles, thus leaving Polyneices to be unburied. Anyone in the city of Thebes to go against his rules shall be killed. Antigone views Creon’s ruthless judgment…

If Aristotle were a judge in the dispute between Creon and Antigone his verdict would favor King Creon. He would favor King Creon for several different reasons based on his philosophical ideologies. Some of his ideologies that would support this reasoning would be the rule of a man over a woman, Creon being fit to rule and not fit to be ruled, and the goal of a city and an individual. Aristotle rejects the fundamental equality of all and believes that there are people who can be rulers, the…

23, 2016 Antigone Persuasive Speech Greetings my fellow Thebans! I, Teiresias, have come to address the edict proclaimed to this city of Thebes by our new king Creon. As you may have heard, Eteocles and Polyneices, sons of Oedipus, murdered each other in a battle for the throne. In Creon’s decree, Eteocles shall be honored for his patriotism with the proper burial rites. With regards to Polyneices, Creon has forbidden his burial, declaring his unworthiness of such basic privileges as a traitor…