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What two people does the first and second messengers say are dead in 'Antigone'?

It is Antigone and Haemon and then Eurydice that the first and second messengers respectively report as dead in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the first messenger announces the suicides of Theban Princess Antigone and then of her first cousin and husband-to-be Prince Haemon. Queen Eurydice hears the news and quietly goes inside the palace. The second messenger then makes an appearance to announce Eurydice's suicide.


What news bring the messenger to Thebes?

The messenger arrives in Thebes to announce the death of King Polybus of Corinth, which initially seems like good news for Oedipus. He brings the tidings that Oedipus is free from the prophecy that foretold he would kill his father and marry his mother. However, this news sets off a chain of events that ultimately leads to the tragic revelation of Oedipus's true parentage and the fulfillment of the prophecy he sought to escape.


What does the messenger announce in 'Antigone'?

That Antigone, Eurydice and Haemon are deadis what the messenger says in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the first messenger announces the suicides of Theban Princess Antigone and Prince Haemon at a cave outside Thebes. Haemon's body is brought down from the cave. The second messenger then makes the announcement of the suicide of Queen Eurydice, Haemon's mother and Antigone's aunt.


What news does the corinthian messenger announce?

That Polybus is dead is the news that the Messenger brings from Oedipus' homeland and that the death is from natural causes is the reason why Jocasta is relived in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus fears his fate as his father's killer. But the Corinthian messenger lets Oedipus' wife Queen Jocasta know that Oedipus' presumed father, King Polybus, is dead from illness and old age. Jocasta welcomes the news since Oedipus is far away in Thebes and therefore cannot be said to bring about his father's death in Corinth.


Who is Pindarus from 'Julius Caesar'?

A servant to Cassius, he is also the messenger bearing the wrong news

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What two people does the first and second messengers say are dead in 'Antigone'?

It is Antigone and Haemon and then Eurydice that the first and second messengers respectively report as dead in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the first messenger announces the suicides of Theban Princess Antigone and then of her first cousin and husband-to-be Prince Haemon. Queen Eurydice hears the news and quietly goes inside the palace. The second messenger then makes an appearance to announce Eurydice's suicide.


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What news bring the messenger to Thebes?

The messenger arrives in Thebes to announce the death of King Polybus of Corinth, which initially seems like good news for Oedipus. He brings the tidings that Oedipus is free from the prophecy that foretold he would kill his father and marry his mother. However, this news sets off a chain of events that ultimately leads to the tragic revelation of Oedipus's true parentage and the fulfillment of the prophecy he sought to escape.


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What does the messenger announce in 'Antigone'?

That Antigone, Eurydice and Haemon are deadis what the messenger says in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the first messenger announces the suicides of Theban Princess Antigone and Prince Haemon at a cave outside Thebes. Haemon's body is brought down from the cave. The second messenger then makes the announcement of the suicide of Queen Eurydice, Haemon's mother and Antigone's aunt.


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What news does the corinthian messenger announce?

That Polybus is dead is the news that the Messenger brings from Oedipus' homeland and that the death is from natural causes is the reason why Jocasta is relived in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus fears his fate as his father's killer. But the Corinthian messenger lets Oedipus' wife Queen Jocasta know that Oedipus' presumed father, King Polybus, is dead from illness and old age. Jocasta welcomes the news since Oedipus is far away in Thebes and therefore cannot be said to bring about his father's death in Corinth.


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