Oedipus at Colonus

The Furies Fury In this paper, I will discuss Aeschylus’ The Eumenides. Close reading reveals that while the Furies are angry over Orestes’ actions, their true passion lies more in his punishment than any other part of their speech. This thesis will be demonstrated through the analysis of passages through the lens of the following principles of close reading: temporal order, pronouns, and repetition. On page 243, lines two hundred fifty five to two hundred seventy one, the Furies are talking…

people have various motivating principles. These people include the characters Creon, ruler of Thebes, whom is motivated by self pride, and Haemon, Creon’s son, whom is motivated by pathos. “Antigone” is a story about Antigone, a mortal daughter of Oedipus and Queen Jocasta, the fiancee of Haemon, following religious laws over civil law; which developed ruckus between Creon and herself. Creon had stated that no one was to bury her brother, Polyneices, because he was a traitor to Thebes by trying…

about Greek tragedies. In Sophocles’ plays, Oedipus Rex and Antigone, the main characters Oedipus and Creon, are both found in a position of power as the ruler of Thebes. Oedipus, who has been doomed by a prophecy, finds out that his wife is truly his mother and the person he killed on the roadway is really the King, and his father. Creon, who is Oedipus’ uncle, takes the throne after Oedipus leaves Thebes due to his mother committing suicide and Oedipus blinding himself. Creon becomes King, and…

Hammurabi’s code The world's first laws were written by Hammurabi. He was a powerful righteous leader who ruled Babylon for 42 years about 4,000 years ago. Hammurabi had a great empire that was about 350 miles in length, so he needed something to keep his people in line. He carved a code of laws on a giant stone pillar-like object called a stele. (BGE) Hammurabi's code: was it just? Hammurabi’s code was not just because it treated classes differently when applied to families, property laws, and…

Holden’s red hunting hat is one of the biggest symbols in The Catcher in the Rye. This hat symbolizes how Holden is special and different to everyone else. The red hunting hat is very important to Holden in the book, he takes it everywhere with him and doesn’t let anyone borrow it. Stradlater would ask Holden if he could borrow the red hunting hat but Holden wouldn’t allow him to take it because he was very defensive about something happening to the hat. Holden didn’t like change; maybe that’s…

“There are hurdles, there are handicaps, hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future” (Kapoor). In the play Antigone the protagonist displays courage despite the unjust upheld laws in her time. From the start, Antigone has an idea of what she’s trying to accomplish. The thing she doesn’t know herself, is whether she will be victorious or not. Right off the bat, tension is established through the conflict between Antigone and her sister, Ismene. “Creon is not strong enough…

As we live throughout our everyday lives, most of us are constantly faced by struggles, and in the epic The Aeneid, a similar notion takes places in which Aeneas is portrayed as a hero who faces his own struggles. The interesting part of the poem is that Aeneas isn’t the only one who suffers from problems, but the characters that are causing Aeneas all these complications are also facing their own inner struggles. The Characters: Juno, Dido, and Turnus, are portrayed as characters who make bad…

Antigone, the protagonist and namesake of the play by Sophocles, is a courageous and ambitious character for unapologetically breaking laws of the city to do what she sees is right. Both of Antigone's brothers Eteocles and Polyneices have died in a war against each other, but only Eteocles is given a proper burial by the King. Antigone believes a burial is essential for someone to find peace after death, so she is reasonably upset. She decides that if no one else will do it, she will bury…

The Power That Destructed True Love “And so I have the throne,all royal power , ...” (Line 196) Prideful, cruel, and most of all powerful, these are some of the many traits that describe Creon. In Antigone by Sophocles Creon’s love of power led to his downfall. His interactions with Antigone showed contrasting characteristics of respecting the laws of the gods versus the the laws of the creon which advanced the plot and developed the theme of power and love. Antigone loved her brother…

relationships cause her to make rash, yet reasonable, decisions. Antigone’s authentic emotions assure that she is indeed a defined character of the time period. In 5th Century BCE, the kingdom of Thebes is filled with conflict for the throne after King Oedipus’ death. Those rivalries apply to both Antigone and her family,…