Eurydice of Thebes

joint world cause cannot be implemented within Antigone. Creon is a dynamic tyrant with a tragic heart for the stereotypical inconsistencies of power. He relies on the respect that humanity has provided for those who have set precedence for him. If Thebes were placed into a real-world view, Creon’s followers would be sheep: ironic sheep, but sheep. In the course of the world, Creon is reflective of so many arrogant and jealous leaders such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and so…

by freeing Antigonê. Unfortunately, when he gets to the stone, he finds her dead (she has hanged herself), along with his last son, Haimon, to whom Antigonê was promised. Eurydicê, Creon 's wife, kills herself while pronouncing her sons ' name, Haimon and Megareus; Megareus, her oldest son, has sacrificed himself to save Thebes from its ennemies who attacked it. Desperate, Creon asks his servants to lead him away when he finds out about his wife 's…

enhanced his pride. Now he is a man with the most power in Thebes but is too blinded by it to see that his pride to see that it is hurting everyone around him. All of this is brought round circle when everyone Creon loves and cares about dies. It is representative of the theme of Antigone, power, in the way that Creon made a life-changing decision out of pride enhanced by power. This power allowed him to be blind to the townspeople, of Thebes, and even to his own son. In the end, Creon is an…

characters as Antigone who deviates from the role and personality of ancient Greek women. In the tragedy Antigone, Polynices is left unburied and Antigone his sister believes he must be buried because it is the will of the gods. Creon, the king of Thebes, orders that no one will bury the body, but Antigone defies him. Antigone herself is the catalyst for the action and events in the tragedy. She represents a woman who deviates…

fulfill his commitment as king proves to be his downfall. In the play, themes that parallel the issues in today’s society are gender equality and civil disobedience. At the beginning of the play, tension is already running high between the King of Thebes, Creon, and his niece, Antigone. This…

judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.” In the Greek tragedy, Antigone, written by Sophocles, all the makings of a tragic hero point to the character, King Creon. Creon took the throne of Thebes after Oedipus’ two sons killed each other over who would rule Thebes after the passing of Oedipus. When the play first introduces Creon, he is but a simple leader who orders for the burial of Eteocles, but leaves Polynices body out in the open. As the play furthers, Creon’s…

B.C. This play was the breakthrough for Sophocles during this influence in the Greek culture. Antigone can be described to be a play about the loyalty towards family and the political agenda. The play is about the death of Oedipus who the King of Thebes had two sons and two daughter. Oedipus’ sons Eteocles and Polynices agreed that one their father had died they would take the throne to one year to the next. (CITE). However, Eteocles refused to pass the throne to his brother Polynices. As the…

great writers of tragedies in ancient Greece. Antigone is one of Sophocles’ Theban plays. Theban Plays consist of three plays which are Oedipus the king, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone (Russello). These three plays represent the history and faith of Thebes during king Oedipus’ and king Creon’s Kingdom. The play starts with Antigone talking to her sister, Ismene to help her bury one of their brothers, Polynices. Burying Polynices was forbidden law with the death penalty and it was made by…

Sophocles, Antigone disobeys Creon’s law in an attempt to bury her brother, Polyneices, which is forbidden. Due to their different values and social attitudes, many characters, including Antigone, Haimon, Ismene, and Eurydice end up dead, leaving Creon as the miserable ruler of Thebes. These differences in values can be described by moral development, which can be categorized into the different stages of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development and Carol Gilligan’s Ethics of Care Theory.…

has acted wrongly in convicting Antigone for the crime she committed. In learning that Creon’s tragic flaw generates from fear, one begins to reconsider previous dislike for him. The final scene of the drama leaves Creon with no family—his wife Eurydice has killed herself and so has his son, Haemon. Creon shows humbleness in the tragedy of losing his family because he recognizes that his continuous belief in his own self-importance has ended unhappily for him. In addition, the end of the…