Oedipus Rex

The people of Thebes bring wool covered branches from olive trees [Olea europaea] to the altar before the royal palace of Thebes. They hope to bring a swift end to the suffering, starving or dying state that is felling their fellow citizens. Along with their incense and prayers, they thereby seek help from their gods and their sovereign.

Oedipus is not Creon's son. Creon is the brother of Jocasta, who both gave birth to Oedipus and married him. So he is Oedipus' uncle/brother-in-law, but he's not his father. His father is Laios.

No, Haemon doesn't rescue his first cousin and fiancee, Antigone, from her tomb. He arrives too late. She already has hanged herself with her own halter. Haemon tries to kill Theban King Creon, his father and Antigone's uncle. When he fails, he turns his sword upon himself. He dies holding onto Antigone.

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Here's a good breakdown.

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/antigone/section8.html

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He does not want to tell Oedipus the painful truth.

Romeo first sees Juliet at a party. Before the party, Romeo was very much into another girl. But once Romeo sees Juliet, he is instantly infatuated by her beauty.

This is the play's climax.

The circle is the shape that describes Antigone. All of the elements in a circle are at the same distance from a given point. The notion of equal distance calls to mind the notion of equal treatment. Antigone most definitely believes in equal treatment for all Thebans. She shows her commitment when she acts on behalf of her dead brother Polyneices. Thebans are guaranteed proper burial rites and rituals just by being Theban, and according to the will of the gods. Her brother Eteocles is given a proper burial. So Antigone sees to it that Polyneices gets his due also. Additionally, a circle has no identifiable beginning or end. Antigone most definitely sees no clear end to life and no clear beginning to death. She instead views life as flowing into death, and the experience of death as affected by the experience of life.

Himself, Creon is the tragic hero in this play and it is his actions that create his eventual suffering.

What is the ethical position of a chemical company in spending money lobbying the public and Congress on new laws and enforcement of existing ones?

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Why does Creon share Oedipus's power?

That he's fated to kill his father and marry his motheris the statement that the Delphic Oracle makes to subsequent Theban King Oedipus. The initial reason for Oedipus' visit is a rumor that he isn't the biological son of those whom he considers his parents: King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth. But he forgets all upon hearing such a horrendous prophecy. All he can think of is getting as far away from home without finding out whether or not it's really his home. And the irony lies in home being precisely where he runs to instead of away from.

Sophocles wrote it.

Menoeceus is Antigone's maternal grandfather. Theban King Laius and Theban Queen Jocasta are Antigone's paternal grandparents. Jocasta is both grandmother and mother by way of her second, albeit unknowing marriage with her own son, subsequent Theban King Oedipus. So Oedipus is not only Antigone's father but also her half brother.

The discovery of Theban King Oedipus' commission of heinous crimes causes his downfall. The entire city of Thebes discovers that Oedipus is the killer of his royal predecessor and father, Theban King Laius. So in one fell swoop, Oedipus commits the heinous crimes of killing his father and his sovereign. He then goes on to marry Laius' grieving widow, Theban Queen Jocasta. In so doing, he commits the third heinous crime of wedding and bedding his own mother. His crimes therefore come down to incest, murder, and treason. In Theban eyes, he therefore becomes a killer, a sex offender, and a traitor.

In this novel, Forster uses a Greek mythology: he compares Mr. Lucas and Ethel with Oedipus and his daughter, Antigone. The story's meaning lies largely in its departure from the Greek one. For Oedipus there is no road from Colonus. Mr. Lucas was considered as Oedipus. He had something in common with Oedipus that he was growing old and also wanted to choose the same place as his destination. But their endings are quite different. For Mr. Lucas, he couldn't take charge of his own fate. He was forced to return to England and to age and die slowly and without much dignity. In this novel, Forster uses a Greek mythology: he compares Mr. Lucas and Ethel with Oedipus and his daughter, Antigone. The story's meaning lies largely in its departure from the Greek one. For Oedipus there is no road from Colonus. Mr. Lucas was considered as Oedipus. He had something in common with Oedipus that he was growing old and also wanted to choose the same place as his destination. But their endings are quite different. For Mr. Lucas, he couldn't take charge of his own fate. He was forced to return to England and to age and die slowly and without much dignity.

because he was in love with this girl (rosaline) and he thought love caused sadness

The sister of Antigone is Ismene.

Jocasta spoke these lines. Oedipus realizes that Lauis might be his father.

You can say 2 things

1= selfishness. Creon wanted to seem like a strong king who wasn't to be messed with. He wouldn't let Antigone live as he wasn't going to be beaten by a girl. So you could say he was sexist and that his selfishness motivated him to kill Antigone.

2= He thought he was doing the right thing as he believed Polynices was a disloyal person to the dead king, so he thought that Antigone was being disloyal as well.

Both answers can be justified with text from the story.

hope this helps:)

Rosaline wasn't at all responsible. In most reproductions of the play, Rosaline is only spoken about and never appears as a character