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What is the background to 'Antigone'?
Background refers to circumstances or events that come before some development or some notable event and that lead up to the event. In 'Antigone', the background is the battle of Thebes, in which Polyneices is one of the attackers of the city and his brother Eteocles one of the defenders. This battle in turn has a background of its own. Eteocles and Polyneices quarrel with each other over how to share power in Thebes after the exile of their father, disgraced Theban King Oedipus. Eteocles wins the fight. The banished Polyneices thereupon enlists the help of Argive King Adrastus in an attemt to force Eteocles off the throne.
Why does Creon bury Eteocles before rescuing Antigone in 'Antigone'?
That the non-burial causes the conflict and the pestilence are reasons why Creon buries Polyneices, not Eteocles who already is buried, before rescuing Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the play opens with the conflict of whether or not to bury exposed body of disgraced Theban Prince Polyneices. A royal edict prevents it being done even though divine will guarantees below ground burials for all Thebans, disloyal and loyal. A pestilence settles in because of the pollution from the bodies, which must be buried to end the conflict, the offense against the gods and the pestilential punishment.
Which side does the chorus favor when Polyneices and the Argive army attack Thebes just before the action of 'Antigone'?
The defending Thebans are favored by the chorus when the city is attacked by Polyneices and the army of Argos before the action of "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the chorus of Theban elders may be expected to be more supportive towards the reigning King of Thebes and less so towards any contenders. The irony is that Theban rulers Eteocles and Creon rule illegally. By a joint power-sharing arrangement, Eteocles and Polyneices are supposed to alternate years of rule. But supported by Creon, Eteocles refuses to hand over the crown and throne of Thebes and exiles Polyneices. Polyneices raises an army of disgruntled Thebans and invading Argives to assert his rights.
What does Polyneices do in 'Antigone'?
Polyneices does not do anything in the play "Antigone."Specifically, by the time the play begins, Polyneices already is dead. So what he does takes place before the action in "Antigone." When his father Theban King Oedipus loses his job, he manages to keep the throne within the family.In fact, Oedipus' heirs are his twin sons, Eteocles and Polyneices. The twins are supposed to alternate years of rule in a joint power-sharing arrangement. Eteocles takes the throne first, but refuses to give it up once his year is over. He even goes so far as to exile Polyneices from Thebes.Polyneices promptly moves to Argos. Once there, he marries the king's daughter and then gets the king to raise an army of invading Argives and disgruntled Thebans. But the army loses, and Polyneices and Eteocles kill each other on the battlefield outside Thebes.
What does Careon do just before he finds Antigone dead?
before going to free antigone, creon properly burries polynices
What is the background to 'Antigone'?
Background refers to circumstances or events that come before some development or some notable event and that lead up to the event. In 'Antigone', the background is the battle of Thebes, in which Polyneices is one of the attackers of the city and his brother Eteocles one of the defenders. This battle in turn has a background of its own. Eteocles and Polyneices quarrel with each other over how to share power in Thebes after the exile of their father, disgraced Theban King Oedipus. Eteocles wins the fight. The banished Polyneices thereupon enlists the help of Argive King Adrastus in an attemt to force Eteocles off the throne.
Why does Creon bury Eteocles before rescuing Antigone in 'Antigone'?
That the non-burial causes the conflict and the pestilence are reasons why Creon buries Polyneices, not Eteocles who already is buried, before rescuing Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the play opens with the conflict of whether or not to bury exposed body of disgraced Theban Prince Polyneices. A royal edict prevents it being done even though divine will guarantees below ground burials for all Thebans, disloyal and loyal. A pestilence settles in because of the pollution from the bodies, which must be buried to end the conflict, the offense against the gods and the pestilential punishment.
Of what city is Polyneices the king in 'Antigone'?
Thebes is the city of which Polyneices is king in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Polyneices inherits the Theban crown and throne along with his twin brother Eteocles as direct maternal and paternal descendants of Thebes' founding King Cadmus and as the sons of disgraced Theban King Oedipus. They expect to share royal powers by alternating years of rule. But Eteocles claims the royal powers for himself and exiles Polyneices before the latter actually rules.
Which side does the chorus favor when Polyneices and the Argive army attack Thebes just before the action of 'Antigone'?
The defending Thebans are favored by the chorus when the city is attacked by Polyneices and the army of Argos before the action of "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the chorus of Theban elders may be expected to be more supportive towards the reigning King of Thebes and less so towards any contenders. The irony is that Theban rulers Eteocles and Creon rule illegally. By a joint power-sharing arrangement, Eteocles and Polyneices are supposed to alternate years of rule. But supported by Creon, Eteocles refuses to hand over the crown and throne of Thebes and exiles Polyneices. Polyneices raises an army of disgruntled Thebans and invading Argives to assert his rights.
What does Polyneices do in 'Antigone'?
Polyneices does not do anything in the play "Antigone."Specifically, by the time the play begins, Polyneices already is dead. So what he does takes place before the action in "Antigone." When his father Theban King Oedipus loses his job, he manages to keep the throne within the family.In fact, Oedipus' heirs are his twin sons, Eteocles and Polyneices. The twins are supposed to alternate years of rule in a joint power-sharing arrangement. Eteocles takes the throne first, but refuses to give it up once his year is over. He even goes so far as to exile Polyneices from Thebes.Polyneices promptly moves to Argos. Once there, he marries the king's daughter and then gets the king to raise an army of invading Argives and disgruntled Thebans. But the army loses, and Polyneices and Eteocles kill each other on the battlefield outside Thebes.
What does Careon do just before he finds Antigone dead?
before going to free antigone, creon properly burries polynices
Who are Ismene and Teiresias and Haemon and Eurydice?
Eurydice, Haemon, Ismene, and Teiresias are characters in the play 'Antigone' by Sophocles [495 B.C.E.* - 406 B.C.E.]. Eurydice is the Queen of Thebes, and the wife of Theban King Creon. Haemon is her son, and the first cousin and fiance of her niece Antigone. Ismene also is her niece, and the sister of Antigone, Eteocles, and Polyneices. Teiresias is the blind prophet whom Theban King Creon consults about the plague that is ravaging the city of Thebes. *Before the Christian Era.
Why did Polynices attack Thebes?
The play 'Antigone' doesn't give any information as to the motives of Polyneices in attacking Thebes. But the play 'Seven Against Thebes' by Aeschylus [525/524 B.C.E.* - 456/455 B.C.E.] does. Eteocles and Polyneices are the twin sons of Theban King Oedipus and his wife, Queen Jocasta. They succeed their parents, and initially power-share the throne. But Eteocles doesn't like sharing. He therefore banishes his brother. Polyneices gets together an opposition force, with the help of Argos. He thereby aims to force Eteocles off the throne. *Before the Christian Era.
What can you say about Portia's death in 'Antigone'?
There's no such character as Portia in the play 'Antigone' by Sophocles [495 B.E.C.* - 406 B.C.E.]. There are only nine main characters, and a chorus. The main characters are Antigone; her aunt by marriage, Queen Eurydice; her fiance and first cousin Haemon; her sister Ismene; and her uncle, Theban King Creon. The remaining four main characters are the blind prophet Teiresias, a guard, and two messengers. There are references to other individuals who don't appear in the play. For example, Antigone's parents Theban King Oedipus and Queen Jocasta are mentioned. Also mentioned are Antigone's brothers Eteocles and Polyneices. But there's no mention whatsoever of a Portia. *Before the Christian Era.
Who is killed in 'Antigone'?
Fighting Thebans, invading Argives, and Oedipus' two sonsare killed in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, a battle takes place before the action of the play and is referenced throughout by the main characters. In that battle, disloyal Thebans led by Polyneices and supported by invading forces from Argos as well as Thebans loyal to Eteocles kill each other off. In the course of the play, three more deaths occur. But each one is a suicide: Princess Antigone, Prince Haemon and Queen Eurydice.
What new suffering must Antigone and lsmene endure?
Royal sisters Antigone and Ismene endure the humiliating and shameful fates of their parents. Indeed, their father Theban King Oedipus is husband and son to his wife and mother, Theban Queen Jocasta. Their parents commit incest, their father murders his father and his king, their mother kills herself, and their father blinds himself before his miserable exile.And then the suffering begins anew with Antigone's and Ismene's twin brothers. Eteocles and Polyneices fight over who has the greater and the sole right to rule over Thebes. The fight turns violent, ugly, brutal, and bloody. The brothers end up killing each other on the battlefield.If that isn't enough, then Eteocles is allowed to be buried in accordance with god given and guaranteed rights of Thebans to proper funerary rites and rituals. But Polyneices is denied that right. And so the suffering begins anew with the burial of Eteocles and the exposure of Polyneices' corpse to the weather, the dogs, and the birds.
What terrible things happen to Antigone's family before the battle between the Eteocles and Polyneices in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Suicide, blinding, joblessness, homelessness, humiliation and shunning are among the terrible things that happen to Antigone's family even before the battle between Eteocles and Polyneices in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta hangs herself after discovering that her second husband, Theban King Oedipus, is her own son and her first husband Laius' killer. Oedipus in turn blinds himself so as not to see how botched his life is. He also loses his royal job and palace once Thebans learn that he is his father's killer, his mother's husband and his children's half-brother. He lives out the rest of his life in humiliating exile and loneliness until experiencing a good death in Colonus.
