Sophocles

Throughout Greek history, you will find that the arts, such as drama and architectures, were highly valued. There were a lot of plays put on for the people, whether it be comedy or tragedy. The writer of tragedy, Sophocles, wrote the play Oedipus Rex. This is about a king who is trying to solve why there is a terrible plague in his country, Thebes. When told that he must kill or ban the killer of Laius, the previous king, he sends people on a search for servants or others who might know who was…

Will? The play Oedipus the King is a process of fulfilling the prophecy that God has given to Oedipus. The author, Sophocles used fate to unfold the plot of this story and to develop the characters. People wonder how their life is going to turn out and agonize over whether to follow it or avoid it, so his play was sufficiently attractive to the audience. In Oedipus the King, Sophocles expresses its main theme, fate; how it leads this play to tragedy, how it affects to the audience, and how…

play Antigone by Sophocles, the character Creon had a tragic flaw. He wanted to appear as strong as he could and he was so prideful. Creon was the king of Thebes and the uncle of Antigone. He fell because of his tragic flaw, pride. Creon was prideful in wanting to appear strong. He fought in a war to become king and he buried Eteocles, to show strength in honor. "Eteocles, who died as a man should die, fighting for his country is To be buried with full military honors." (Sophocles 777 L34) He…

Aristophanes’ original intention. Antigone, on the other hand, is steeped in misfortune and barely conceivable tragedy. So much of Sophocles’ play relies on possibilities – the chance that Antigone might be discovered burying her brother, the gamble that she might kill herself before Creon can release her, the prospect of Haemon, ‘raging mad with his father’(Sophocles 120), missing his original target so that Creon is left alive, alone in his grief. Antigone becomes a martyr, as tragic figures…

Both Sophocles in his play, Antigone, and Lorraine Hansberry, in her play A Raisin in the Sun, explore the ideas of dignity and morals. Everyone has their own personal morals; however, not everyone has enough dignity to publicly support their own beliefs. These texts were written in very different time periods, as Antigone was produced almost 2500 years before A Raisin in the Sun. Antigone and Ismene, sisters in the play Antigone, lose their brother and view the situation with very contrasting…

in and willing to defend her religious beliefs than the mortal laws. This is evidenced by Antigone herself when she says, "Your edict, King, was strong, but but all your strength is weakness itself against the immortal unrecorded laws of God." (Sophocles 1082) This is a positive character trait, as her commitment to the gods ultimately serves her well. Even though she perishes early, it is implied that she goes to heaven due to her adherence to the gods' law. Also, Antigone is shown to be very…

In Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, the Greek tragedy consumes its audiences with fear and pity to build a heightened sense of tension that ultimately climaxes with a grand catharsis. The use of dramatic irony, a literary technique in Greek tragedy by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience but unknown to the character, creates a deep sense of fear and pity for the unconscionable acts of Oedipus and Jocasta. This fear and pity is alleviated through the…

2. Within the article Aristotle suggests that it is improper for female characters in tragedy to be “manly or formidable”. Thus, he would not agree with the entire characterization of Antigone in Sophocles’ play, Antigone. In which Antigone is the main character who constantly stands up against Creon and all who oppose her, so that she can fulfil what she thinks is right. Thus, in some ways she is formidable in personality because of her adamant nature on fulfilling her values and is not in any…

Faith is about having the courage to venture out even if it costs you. Martin says, “Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase” (Martin Luther King, Jr). In the Greek Literature, “The Three Theban Plays” by Sophocles, Antigone supports what she has faith in. In that she trusts to do the will of the Gods and to cover her brother. As to leave a body unburied was a wrongdoing against the Gods. But to cover Polyneices was a wrongdoing deserving of death; a rule set…

stint my words, but speak my whole mind. Thou methinks thou art he, who planned the crime, aye, and performed it too, all save the assassination; and if thou Hadst not been blind, I had been sworn to boot that thou alone didst do the bloody deed” (Sophocles 725). He shows power in a form of arrogance that makes him not believe in the prophet. Oedipus is accused of killing Laius but dismisses it arguing that it is a plot against him because of his power. He uses power to command and dictate on…