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In Greek times, woman were considered property. They were not allowed to have or express opinions. Antigone's blatant disregard of this made her "arrogant" in Creon's eyes.

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She is full of hubris and very independent. She stands up for what she believes in disregarding the law of the city and only the law of the gods: moral ethics and how to treat the dead: with honor.

Right, she is independent, but I question whether hubris was a main character flaw of hers. Rather she chooses to obey the law of the gods and the family, eternal laws, over the contingent laws of the state. Indeed, it would seem that it is Creon who acts with hubris. After all, he loses his son and is told by Tiresias that Thebes will be destroyed as a result of his actions against Antigone. That Antigone is independent minded does not mean that her downfall was hubris.

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Fomalism is a sociological idea when tradition becomes more important than the function of the norm.

Examples of this are the buttons on men and women's clothing. Men's tend to button left over right while women's button right over left. For men, it's because in the past they wore coats over their sword belts and it was easier for a right-handed man to be unbuttoning with his left handing while drawing his sword with his right.

For women's clothing, it's because they used to wear very difficult clothing and needed help getting in and out of it.

While neither of these activities are relevant anymore, we continue to make clothing in this way.

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Sophocles

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Creon fears these things the most in the play Antigone:

1. His authority being challenged by a woman

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2. His pride being hurt by Antigone

If, however, you are reffering to what does Creon fear most in the actual character Antigone, then the answer would be pretty much the same as the above stated #1.

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Yes, Antigone first tries to bury her brother Polynice's but she is caught. At the end of the play, Creon buries Polynices himself to show his atonement for the death of his son and wife

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"Upon the murderer I invoke this curse- whether he is one man and all unknown,

or one of many- may he wear out his life in misery to miserable doom!" --

Oedipus is evoking a curse upon the murderer when the murderer turns out to be himself

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Queen Eurydice

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Sophocles [496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.] is the playwright of the Oedipus plays. Specifically, he's the author of 'Oedipus Rex', 'Oedipus at Colonus' and 'Antigone'. The first play deals with Oedipus' fall from grace, the second with his death and the third with the fates of his four children.

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he was given the title of King of Thebes and the recently widowed Jocasta's hand in marriage.

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What should happen when individual actions and beliefs don't line up with a particular society's definitions of acceptable and unacceptable behavior is a question that connects the play 'Antigone' to the real world. The play indeed pits the behavioral preferences and spiritual beliefs of Antigone against the behavioral preferences and legal action of her Uncle Creon, King of Thebes. In the real world of nowadays, that question may be asked by women in Muslim countries. Their role typically is more on the order of the unquestioning and obedient Ismene, and less on the order of the conscientious and passionate Antigone.

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You can change your mind anytime, you aren't under contract to do a refinance with any lender. You can walk out at the closing if you feel like it, never let anyone pressure you to sign for a loan you know is bad or even have a bad feeling about.

As a footnote most states have what's called 3 days of rescission. Your broker is supposed to explain this to you. Basically you are allowed to rescind on the loan up to 3 business days after closing. This is to protect the borrower in a case such as yours who may sign under duress. Many lenders and brokers pull what is known as a bait and switch. They promise you a low rate and then at the closing table the rate is considerably higher and many people sign because they have invested so much time or they are pressured into it. So they do have the right to rescind even after closing.

The above is a great answer - hard to improve. But I would add that if you change your mind after you've paid for certain items, like an application fee or appraisal, you may not be able to recover these fees if you back out.

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The Sphinx was holding Thebes captive until someone answered it's riddle. Desperate for relief, Creon offers whoever can answer the riddle the hand of his sister Jocasta, recently widowed. Oedipus comes along and solves the riddle, earning himself the throne.

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The House of Labdacus is the family line of Oedipus, King of Thebes. The curse stems from the actions of Oedipus' father, Laius, who was invited into the home of Pelops, king of Pisa, and then raped and abducted Chrysippus, the son of Pelops.

Oedipus' story is well known -- he killed his father and married his mother without realizing that either of them were related to him. In turn, at least three of his four children die tragically (there is some question as to how Ismene died).

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The play 'Antigone' is considered a tragedy, because of the drastic consequences of the story's events. Excepting Teiresias, Ismene, and Theban King Creon, every single one of the main characters dies. Additionally, there's the massive destruction of enemy and native life through the battle whose end is the beginning of the play. Similarly, there's the large-scale misery of Thebans in the aftermath of their own deliberately unburied dead. And there's the individual heartbreak of King Creon who loses everything that had made his life worth living.

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The Oedipus complex is the attraction to your parent of the opposite sex and the hatred of your parent of the same sex.

Oedipus Rex killed his father and married his mother. (In his defense, he didn't know they were his parents.)

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Through the use of plot structure, language/dialogue, and the literary devices of irony and foreshadowing.