It is during her trial that Antigone says that Creon's moralizing repels her in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is captured while burying and anointing her brother Polyneices' dead body for the second time. She is escorted under armed guard into her trial by her uncle King Creon. She shows no respect for Creon as her guardian, relative and sovereign and makes the comment just before being sentenced to death.
moralizing according to religion
moralizing example exemplum
A moralizing example or a prop for an intellectual idea is referred to as an exemplum.
Moralizing literature, or literature that has moral lessons have been popular since the beginning of time. Moralizing literature can be written for adults or children and include books such as the Bible, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
That she is the cursed and that her behavior does not make her fate better are what the choral odes say about Antigone's fate in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is described and self-described as the cursed daughter of a cursed royal house. The chorus is not sympathetic to Antigone's downfall. In fact, chorus members observe that like father, like daughter Antigone gets the fate that her uncontrolled behavior wins for her.
Creon says that a good son is loyal, is respectful, and is obedient in "Antigone."
nigah screw you. I aint helpin' antigone she a dumb hoe.
Moralizing
To do and say as they will is what Antigone says is the power of kings in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone finds her uncle King Creon delusional. Creon gives her the death sentence for breaking his edict of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead. He insists that all Thebes is on his side in terms of issuing and enforcing his edict. Antigone knows that Thebans believe as she does and that fear keeps them from following her defiant lead.
A tedious moralizing lecture or admonition.
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Antigone does not say that she must marry Acheron in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Acheron is the river of sorrowful entrance into the Underworld by way of the ferryboat operator Charon. Theban Princess Antigone mentions the river and says that her entry will be as an unwed wife. The phrase refers to her engagement to Prince Haemon, her first cousin and King Creon's only only and heir apparent.