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Antigone
The play 'Antigone' is at least 2,440 years old. Still timely nevertheless are its main concerns over what to do about a bad law and how far to go for the sake of love or justice. Contributors typically ask and answer questions about the play's author, characters, imagery, literary devices, plot, and relationship to other plays of the same themes or time period.
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Oedipus after he was blinded, while addressing to the people and himself declares that his punishment is less than justified.
Why is it particularly ironic that Teiresias the prophet is blind?
I think that Teiresias is ironicly blind because he is able of seem everything around him. Even the future and recognized easily people's thaughts....!!!!!!
Who is the main speaker in 'Antigone'?
The main speaker in the play 'Antigone' may be considered as the character who has the most words to speak. That person appears to be Theban King Creon. For he dominates every action in the play, by his direct presence or by direct references to him by the main characters.
What does the sentry feel for Antigone in 'Antigone'?
Compassion and respect are what the sentry feels for Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, the sentry expresses compassion when he likens Theban Princess Antigone's pain to that of a mother bird who finds who babies stolen from the nest. He is respectful when he describes how Antigone tries to give her brother Polyneices' body his funereal due. He mentions that aspects of partial burying and of complete anointing.
What two plays were associated historically and plot-wise with 'Antigone'?
"Oedipus Rex" and "Oedipus at Colonus" are two plays associated historically and plot-wise with "Antigone."
Specifically, all three plays are the work of ancient Greek playwright Sophocles(495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Their dates of writing are most likely within a 30-40 year time span. They deal with the life and times of disgraced Theban King Oedipus and his children.
When can you change your mind about refinancing?
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.
Why has Creon forbidden Polyneices' burial?
Answer #1 by Ginezumi Theban King Creon forbids the burial of his nephew and former king, Polyneices. The King takes this course of action, for the security of his city, people and rule. He's a law-and-order ruler who brooks no opposition, and tolerates only devoted obedience to him and his decrees. He considers a dead enemy still an enemy, be that enemy one of his own people or one of his own family. According to the King, the enmities and hatreds of a lifetime don't end with death. In fact, they carry over and demand continued differential treatment and continued severe punishment. Answer #2 by Chongi It's called hubris (ὕβρις).
How does Oedipus' curse on the murderer hint at the outcome of 'Oedipus Rex'?
That the Theban royal household may be implicated is the outcome hinted by Oedipus' curse on the murderer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, the Apolline oracles says that the pestilence in Thebes will end with the identification and punishment of the guilty in the murder of Theban King Laius, King Oedipus' royal predecessor. Oedipus takes it upon himself to extend the curse of execution or exile to whomsoever harbors or helps the murderer. He volunteers that this curse will be carried out even if the murderer or murderous accessories are found within his own household within the Theban royal palace.
What is the point of view that offers the reader the most information about all of the characters?
The third person is the view that offers the reader the most information about all of the characters. It's called the 'omniscient narrator'. The adjective 'omniscient' means 'all knowing'. It's so called because information may be given on all of the characters instead of just the narrator in the case of first person 'I'.
Does Ismene admit to her hatred when she turns her back on her sister in 'Antigone'?
No, Ismene admits fear, practicality and youth instead of fear when she turns her back on her sister in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene refuses to help her sister Antigone bury their brother Polyneices. She is practical in her fear since the crime carries the death sentence. Additionally, she shows her youth since Antigone as a young engaged woman must be older than Ismene who is single and unspoken for.
Oedipus Rex is the main character of an ancient Greek tragedy written by Sophecles. He is the only son of King Laios and Queen Iokaste of Thebes, who were given an oracle by the greek god Apollo at his birth stating that the child would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. In fear, Laois takes the infant to mount Cithaeron and skewering his ankles so he cannot move, (Oedipus means: swollen feet) leaves him there to die. Unbeknownst to the king and queen however, Oedipus is found by a shepherd who delivers him to the king and queen of Corinth. They raise the child as their own until the day when his lineage is called into suspect. Oedipus journeys to Delphi to ask the gods there the truth about his birth. While he doesn't receive an answer, the oracle prophasies that he will one day murder his father and sleep with his mother. In terror he flees Corinth and wanders the lands until he comes upon a road where three highways join together. A small company of men surrounding a chariot force him off the road, and he becomes angry and kills all of them but one. The man driving the chariot is his father, Laois, although neither of the men are aware of the fact. Thinking little of the incident, Oedipus continues his journey and finds himself in the city of Thebes, which has just recently lost their king and has been beset by a Sphinx who demands sacrifices of their young men unless someone can answer her riddle: what has one voice and four legs, then two legs, then three legs? Oedipus alone can solve the riddle, (the answer is man, crawling as a child, walking on two legs for much of his adult life and then finally walking with a cane as an old man) and he frees the city from the monster. In gratitude, the city officials offer him the hand of Iokaste and the crown of Thebes. The city prospers for a few years until a horrific plague is sent on them by Apollo who has seen the pollution in the city (namely Oedipus who has unwittingly fulfilled the prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother). He demands that the murderer of Laios be found.
Oedipus, eager to save his city and newfound kingship, initiates a hunt which eventually leads him to the truth: he is the murderer, and the husband of his mother. When Iokaste discovers the news she hangs herself in shame. In his agony of losing both wife and mother and realizing how cursed he is, Oedipus blinds himself and exiles himself from Thebes, going back to the mountain where he was placed as a child and welcoming death.
Oedipus's recognition of the role he played in his own downfall reflects the worldview that our actions play a role in controlling our destinies. APEX D. recognition (or self-recognition).
The ethical questions posed by Sophocles don't have simple answers.Apexs
Why does Creon think his own guard guilty of burying Polyneices in 'Antigone'?
That he believes that people can be bought to do evil is the reason why Creon thinks his own guard is the person who buries Polyneices in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban King Creon says the people who oppose him are too cowardly to be openly defiant. Instead, they pay others who are less well placed in life to do their dirty deeds. He sees that the guard has the means and the opportunity to bury Polyneices despite the royal edict to the contrary. He therefore finds the motive in bribing by enemies of the Theban throne.
The fate of Ismene is unknown in the play 'Antigone'. Readers and viewers only know that Ismene's activities are under Theban King Creon's control. The King ultimately decides to release Ismene, and to punish Antigone, for the unlawful burial of their rebel brother Polyneices. Ismene is a survivor. She also represents the ideal Theban woman: unquestioning, unimaginative, uneducated, subservient, obedient, and intimidated by governmental, royal and spousal powers. The children of her brothers Eteocles and Polyneices succeed Creon as King of Thebes. So it's likely that Ismene ends up as married with children.
Why is Antigone seen as a good person?
Because she respects the gods, her family and her hometown Antigone is seen as a good person in the play "Antigone."
Specifically, mortals are expected to obey divine laws. In the case of Antigone, she respects the divine law that all Thebans are to receive divinely ordained funerary rites and below-ground burial procedures. No one - not even Theban King Creon - has the right to deny Thebans such as the disloyal Polyneices of these god-given rights. Antigone disobeys human law and obeys divine law by burying her disloyal brother.
According to ancient Greek culture, this is the correct and good thing to do. In fact, to do otherwise is not only blasphemous and disfunctional to the family but also dangerous for Thebes. Not following proper, divinely ordained procedure pollutes people and the entire environment. Antigone's uncle and sovereign therefore contaminates not only himself but all Thebans and all Thebes when he prevents the burials of Polyneices and the other disloyal Theban dead.
What are Antigone's good traits in 'Antigone'?
Courage and loyalty are Antigone's good traits in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone shows courage when she breaks the law, buries her brother, confronts her uncle, King Creon, and goes to her death. She manifests loyalty when she stands by her family in life and in death. She also expresses loyalty when she refuses to give up on divine will and cherished Theban traditions.
What is Creon's internal conflict in 'Antigone'?
How to punish Antigone is Creon's internal conflict in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban King Creon wants his non-burial edict to remain on the books. He knows that Thebans are not in favor of whimsical applications of their god-given rights to below-ground burials and proper funeral rites. So he has to make an example of any and all law-breakers, in such a way as to discourage similar defiance of his will.
Why does Sophocles have Oedipus blind himself offstage?
Like most truly suspenseful and horrifying moment, whether in theatre, film, or television, what an audience imagines is far more gruesome than anything that they can actually watch. This makes the blinding far more effective offstage.
In addition, as all classical Greek plays were performed with masks, this made it possible for the actor to come back with a different mask to show the change and thus create a visual cue for the audience.
Why have the priests come to the altar in the book Oedipus Rex?
The priests are trying to figure out how to remedy the plague
What is Creon's attitude towards Antigone in 'Antigone'?
It is a hateful attitude that Creon has towards Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban King Creon characterizes Princess Antigone as having a lifelong track record for foolishness. He also describes her as exactly like her father, disgraced King Oedipus, in her rashness and stubbornness. He even goes so far as to call her too evil to be the wife of his son, Prince Haemon. He never indicates any regret about her death sentence or her death.
