Antigone

Oedipus's fatal flaw are his quality traits. Some examples are his arrogance, ignorance of not knowing of what he has done, and curiosity for finding out the truth. These things create his fatal flaw which lead to his fate.

she gets sentenced to death and gets put into a dungeon and is left there to die.

Antigone is considered a tragic hero, because tragic heroes have several qualities: They are royal, they have a tragic flaw that leads to their downfall, they have an unhappy ending, and lastly the character is worthy of concern.

First, Antigone is royalty. This is shown through her bloodline in several ways. First, her father was Oedipus, who was the former king of Thebes. Also, her brothers were Polynices and Eteocles, who were supposed to rule Thebes with each brother switching off each year, until they both died in a civil war. Lastly, her uncle is Kreon, who was the king of Thebes when Antigone(the play) ends.

Next, Antigone does have a tragic flaw. Her tragic flaw is that she has hubris, which is excessive pride, and that leads her to be unbending. Ironically, Antigone means unbending in Greek. Because she is unbending, she will not denounce her decision to bury Polynices. This angers Kreon, so he sentences her to death.

Also, Antigone has an unhappy ending. as said before, she is sentenced to death. She is put in a rock hollow, which is like a cave, with only some food so Kreon would not be guilty for Anitgone's death, because he would not know when she dies. In the rock hollw, Antigone commits suicide. However, if she would have waited a few hours, she would have been rescued by Kreon, who changed his mind when Teiresias delivers a prophecy against Kreon for sentencing Antigone to death, and Koryphaios(the chorus leader) convinces Kreon to heed the prophecy. So that is Antigone's unhappy ending.

Lastly, Antigone is a character worthy of concern. Ater all, it seems that Antigone is a girl who is being oppressed by her corrupt and paranoid uncle for committing an act of loyalty to her family. Because she is the protaganist, Antigone becomes worthy of concern.

So because Antigone fullfills all the characteristics of a tragic hero, she can be considered the tragic hero.

the protagonist is Oedipus because he is the character that changes most in the play. he goes from being arrogant and pompous to being humbled by pain. the antagonist is fate because it is what caused him to change.

There was more than one tragic character in the play 'Antigone'. First and foremost were Antigone and her uncle and future father-in-law, Theban King Creon. Antigone was tragic, because she died an ignominious death. The King was tragic, because he lost everything that gave his life meaning. His son and his wife committed suicide. He no longer had a family. He lost the respect of his subjects and of his best friend and most trustworthy advisor, Teiresias the blind prophet. He no longer had a kingdom. He faced a beggarly, lonely, miserable existence in exile. But the adjective 'tragic' also could be applied to other characters as well. For example, Haemon killed himself upon finding his cousin and bride-to-be, Antigone, dead. Queen Eurydice likewise killed herself upon learning of her son's suicide and deciding not to spend another minute above ground with the King. Indeed, the adjective could be applied to all Thebans whose households mourned the deaths of loved ones in the battle between Thebes and Argos.

No, Theban King Creon's actions cannot be defended in the play 'Antigone'. The proof is in his final unhinging. As an example, he tells his son Haemon that Antigone readily can be replaced by another fiancee. Yet he falls to pieces when his wife, Queen Eurydice, commits suicide. As another example, he says that his laws must be obeyed. Antigone violates the law, and is sentenced to death. The King's son tries to run him through with a sword. Surely, that's against the law. Yet the King falls to pieces when Haemon promptly turns around and uses the sword on himself.

Recognition (or self-recognition)

Oedipus thinks Creon his brother inlaw is plotting against him.

You try to just count from 1 to 129 and you should be asleep or thing of something deeply.

Theban King Creon is mortal. So, yes, he does die. It just doesn't happen in the play 'Antigone'.

In the play 'Antigone', the main character of the same name is expelled. Antigone respects the god-given laws by which Thebans live and prepare for death. But in so doing, she violates the temporary, manmade law of her uncle and future father-in-law, Theban King Creon. The King brooks no opposition, and sentences his niece to death. By law, he must have her stoned to death. Instead, he expels her to be walled up in a remote cave.

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The Harem politics played a huge role in the decline of the Ottoman Empire. When the oldest prince becomes the sultan, he would either kill all of his siblings, or imprison them in the palace, and they were given no education. So if that sultan dies without an offspring, one of his brothers would become the sultan, but because he was imprisoned, he wouldn't know anything, and may even be illiterate. The Harem politics played a huge role in the decline of the Ottoman Empire. When the oldest prince becomes the sultan, he would either kill all of his siblings, or imprison them in the palace, and they were given no education. So if that sultan dies without an offspring, one of his brothers would become the sultan, but because he was imprisoned, he wouldn't know anything, and may even be illiterate.

Antigone represents numerous themes such as the very first woman who goes against the Patriarchal society and defies rules, defies subjection or any kind of law. Antigone represents the voice of every woman on Earth. Yet she also represents every renegade or every slave who strives for freedom, for equal rights. The name itself in Greek means An-ti= Against the, gone= gonia = corner , so the name itself is a controversy. Something that is against the saying. Antigone was against Creon's norms and beliefs or sayings. On the other hand, one may interpret the name as the woman who wishes not to have children. Gonos derives from gonimotita that is fertility; now the suffix Anti - gone brings about the meaning of a person who does not want to have any children=Non-fertile. There are variations to the true meaning of Antigone but what Antigone truly represents it depends on how each individual will perceive it.

Oedipus encoutners with several riddles throughout the play. All these are used for indicating his cleverness. This leads to the self-confidence and proud. In addition, this can be example for his reputation as a good king until he figures out the truth.

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Oedipus frees Thebes from the Sphinx.

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Antigone and Theban King Creon have defensive and offensive personalities. They're used to protecting their views and initiating attacks on those who think differently. They're direct. They don't mince words. They go straight to whatever point that they're making or defending. They're disputatious. They don't like compromise. They believe that their particular stance is correct for them, and therefore for everyone else. They're stubborn. They don't want to budge one bit from their cherished views. They're willing to go further than most in proving a point.

The blind prophet Teiresias wants Theban King Creon to right the wrong done against the gods, and against the people of Thebes. By decree, the King orders that only those Thebans who remain loyal to their city are to receive a proper burial. All those who die as enemy Argive or as collaborating Thebans are to be left above ground and exposed to the elements, dogs, and birds. Teiresias tells King Creon to have proper burial rites and rituals carried out for those corpses that are treated so disrespectfully. He also tells the King to release Antigone from her certain death in a lonely, remote, walled-up cave.

Theban King Creon isn't innocent in the play 'Antigone'. For example, he's the one who thinks up the law of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead. So it isn't possible to defend him by saying that he just does his job and carries out the law that he's sworn to uphold. He cares only for himself and the consolidation of his rule. He therefore isn't moved by the pain and suffering that he causes the loved ones that the disloyal Theban dead leave behind. But he should have considered the spread of disease from the desecrated, rotting corpses. That he doesn't connect the consequences with the actions may pave the way to the controversial insanity defense.

Ismene is terrified of Antigone's boldness at wanting to give their brother, Polyneices, an honorable burial. She also desires a burial for their brother, but is too afraid of the death penalty and refuses to participate in Antigone's plans, causing Antigone to disown her in contempt.

Despite her refusal to help Antigone, Ismene later willingly offers to die alongside her sister even though she didn't bury Polyneices. Thus she still is loyal to her sister despite her cowardice.

He was 90 years old when he wrote Oedipus at Colonus. Even though it's the second of the three Theban plays, he wrote it last.

An aphorism is a concise statement of a truth. At least 15 examples of aphorisms may be found in the play 'Antigone'. Chorus: 'Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man'. Antigone: 'Die I must - I knew that well [how should I not?] - even without thy edicts'. Theban King Creon: 'I would have thee know that o'erstubborn spirits are most often humbled'. Chorus: 'Nothing that is vast enters into the life of mortals without a curse'. Theban King Creon: 'What wound could strike deeper than a false friend?' Antigone: 'Hades...gives sleep to all...'. Chorus: 'Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate'. Teiresias: 'All men are liable to err; but when an error has been made, that man is no longer witless or unblest who heals the ill into which he hath fallen, and remains not stubborn'. Teiresias: 'Self-will, we know, incurs the charge of folly'. Theban King Creon: 'Well I know that no mortal can defile the gods'. Teiresias: ' How precious, above all wealth, is good counsel'. Theban King Creon: 'We must not wage a vain war with destiny'. Messenger: 'Fortune raises and Fortune humbles the lucky and unlucky from day to day'. Coryphaeus*: 'Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness and reverence toward the gods must be involate'. Coryphaeus: 'Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows'. *Chorus director.

Theban King Creon reaches a number of decisions about his niece Antigone. First, he decides to punish her for violating his decree against the burial of the disloyal Theban dead from the recent armed struggle against the Argive invaders. Then he decides not let her marry his son Haemon, and not to punish her by the previously identified means of stoning. And then he decides to punish her by having her walled up in a remote cave. Under the influence of the blind prophet Teiresias, he finally decides to have her released from her stony prison.

Yah cuz he wuz like yoo dis is my kingdom so eff all of yall n lemme do wat i do..... yuhh digg?