Antigone

Because she stayed loyal to her family and to the Gods so she doesn't mind taking death .Also she is so full of pride that she thinks that dying is an honor because she got to bury her brother.

Theban King Oedipus blinds himself with Theban Queen Jocasta's brooch. Jocasta turns out to be his mother, the mother of his children, and his wife. When the news breaks, Jocasta kills herself rather than keep up an incestuous marriage or choose between death or miserable exile. Oedipus then blinds himself rather than see the mess that he and his parents have made of their lives. He can't bear the thought of seeing the life choices and style that he previously had prided himself on knowing so well and seeing so clearly.

Royalty, monarchy or kingship describes the governmental structure that's presented in the play 'Antigone'. The play takes place in the ancient Greek city of Thebes. Thebes was founded around 2000 B.C.E.* by Cadmus, who was the son of King Agenor of Tyre, in Phoenicia. Cadmus became the first king, and his descendants continued the royal pattern of government. Antigone and her uncle, Theban King Creon, were both descendants of Cadmus.

First, Oedipus flees Corinth. Second, he kills four men at a crossroads between Delphi and Thebes. Third, he frees Thebes from the Sphinx. Fourth, he marries Theban Queen Jocasta and thereby becomes King of Thebes.

It depends on which Troy you are talking about! There are many Troys in the world! Including a whole country!!!!!!

The Minotaur is in his lair on the left side of the Garden of the Sphinx. You will need the reed pipe (flute) to open the door.

Actually Theseus killed the Minotaur with his bare hands. The princess of Crete gave him the magic thread to find his way out of the Labyrinth.

Saying 'no' in the play 'Antigone' was important in showing individual choices. It also was important in showing what can't be legislated: a certain unchanging standard for humans of appropriate behavior. That changeless standard was set by the gods. According to the gods, for example, it was unthinkable for any Theban not to be given a proper funeral. But that timeless standard was contrasted with the latest, changing standards of city government. According to Theban King Creon, it was unthinkable for Thebans to expect a proper burial. He considered burial a privilege to be earned, not a right to be honored. Thebans had to act, speak, and think in the ways that the King wanted them to. Otherwise, they'd be denied their traditional, god-given rights. But Creon's niece Antigone decided to say 'no' to the standards of the moment, and 'yes' to the eternal. In so doing, she showed that mortals were more than puppets to the moment's particular despotic, dictatorial ruler. She also showed that life was more than mindless, uncritical obedience to the moment's earthly bully. And she showed that the bonds of tradition, friendship, and family were forces not to be ignored by earthly rulers and earthly laws.

A writing style is a particular manner or technique by which something is written. In the case of 'Oedipus Rex', Sophocles [496 B.C.E.-406 B.C.E.] writes the play in a poetic style. A poetic style is characterized by vivid images and a fairly regular rhythm. Indeed, 'Oedipus Rex' may be said to have strong images that are made ever stronger by a steadily moving text. The play doesn't rhyme, and poetry doesn't have to do so.

Antigone never married. She was planned to wed Haemon but Creon sent her to be locked away as punishment. After Antigone died in Haemon's arms he committed suicide as he told his father he would do because he was so in love with her.

He listens to Tiresias who told Creon to think of what he has done.

Antigone intends to get rid of herself by committing suicide. In the beginning of the play of the same name, she says that she cares about the dead and the world of death in the underworld. According to her, she will spend much more time dead than alive. She realizes that the act of making sure of the god-given right to burial for her brother Polyneices carries a death sentence. Once she is walled up in a remote cave, she decides not to drag out her slow, painful, lonely decline from life into death.

It was his demand for across the board obedience to his laws that made Theban King Creon insist on executing Antigone. Antigone broke one of the laws that the King himself issued. The King wanted Thebans to know that disobedience wouldn't be tolerated. He wanted them to see that every crime, every disrespect for his laws would be met with punishment. Particularly in the case of Antigone was the King determined not to back down. Antigone was his niece, and the daughter of the previous King and of Creon's sister. Theban King Oedipus unknowingly broke Theban laws against killing one's father and one's king, and against marrying one's own mother. Creon wanted his people to know that breaking the law wouldn't be tolerated even within the immediate and extended royal families. He wanted them to see that no law breaker - not even within the royal family - would escape punishment.

It's called incestous pedophilia

That he will execute his niece and intended daughter-in-law Antigone for treasonous disobedience of his law on non burial of the disloyal Theban dead is what Theban King Creon makes it clear he will do.

It isn't said whether she dies. The reader is left wondering what happens to her. However, the book suggests that she carries on like Creon.

tragic fall

In the play 'Antigone', Theban King Creon is tragic, because of how his life ends. He thinks that he can order his life and the lives of his family and indeed of the entire Theban society. He thinks that he can separate the emotions out of life and issue laws that violate the god-given rules by which Thebans make their way through life into death. For example, he thinks that he can deny proper burial to the disloyal Theban dead in oppositon to the assurance of that right by divine laws. He thinks that such a heartless law can be enfoced without any thought to the pain and suffering of the law-abiding loved ones that the dead leave behind in Thebes. So in the end, everything that gives the King's life meaning is taken away from him. He scorns the feelings of Thebans who cannot bury their dead under his laws. And so he finds out what it's like to have a dead son and a dead wife. He scorns the feelings of his own niece, Antigone, and blithely sentences her to death. His treatment is so cruel that Antigone commits suicide by hanging herself with her own halter. And so the King finds out what it's like to have loved ones take their own lives. In fact, that's exactly how his son and his wife die. They prefer to face eternal death than one more minute above ground under his insensitive rules. And, finally, the King loses his kingdom. He thinks that he can rule without any influence or input from those he rules. He thinks that he can order Theban society in the way that he wants. But he finds out his ultimate powerlessness in the face of the combined weight of Theban tradition, public opinion, and god-given laws when they all are turned against him. In the end, therefore, King Creon is tragic, because he's left with nothing. He has no family, no friends, no future, no home, no kingdom, no respect.

Yes, Antigone killed herself. According to the messenger, she hangs herself by her halter. Her first cousin and fiance Haemon manages to break through the walled up entrance to her cave. But he finds her already dead, and kills himself also.

Some critics feel that the tragic hero of the play 'Antigone' is the main character of the same name. For a hero does great deeds, and has great power and strength. Antigone fits the bill in both regards. For she does the great deed of honoring divine rights and Theban traditions in burying her brother Polyneices. Additionally, she shows great strength in enduring the insults and threats of her uncle, Theban King Creon. Other critics feel that the tragic hero is the King. But the King does no great deed. Ultimately, he reverses his own law, which contradicts the perceived god-given rights by which Thebans live their lives and prepare for death. But he only does so out of fear for direly predicted consequences otherwise on his rule and his family.

The guards tell Creon that someone has tried to properly bury Polyneices by covering him with some dirt.

The special relationship of sovereign to prophet is the relationship between Theban King Creon and Teiresias the blind prophet. In that interaction, Creon gets to have access to the special knowledge and powers of Teiresias. In return, Teiresias needs know how to tell hard truths to his ruler. It's a balancing act since anything that hints of criticism or of misfortune actually may be punishable as treason.