Eteocles

verse wrong. Creon is Antigone’s uncle but they don’t necessarily see eye to eye with each other, which is why she calls Creon a tyrant. Other distributes occur between family members throughout the play. An example being the brothers Polynices and Eteocles fight and eventually killing each other regarding who should take the throne, Ismene and Antigone argue about burying their brother, and lastly Haemon and his father Creon argue about punishing Antigone for her deeds. Creon is now the king…

Gender Bias in Antigone In Sophocles ' Antigone, gender biases are quite prevalently used to portray the inequality between men and women in a misogynistic society. Sophocles used the major conflict between Kreon and Antigone to demonstrate this ideology. Kreon, who was Antigone’s uncle and the ruler of Thebes, would not listen to her reasoning simply because she was a woman. To this effect, the community viewed Antigone as a rebellious, headstrong woman for the same reasons. However if she…

The tragedy revolves around Antigone’s family which had just gone through a war and Creon was the king. Antigone and Ismene were his nieces and he had two nephews who had perished in the war Polynices, who he called a traitor, as well as Eteocles. Being that Creon was a relatively new king, he knew that he had to comfort the people and let them know that all was going to be good while at the same time he made a proclamation that traitors would not be buried (Sophocles, Antigone, 7-9). Being…

Antigone is the daughter and sister of Oedipus. Creon is the king, so he is more powerful and control the city of Thebes and the people. Crean is Antigone’s uncle. The conflict between Antigone and Creon was about burying Antigone’s dead brother. Eteocles and Polyneices both of her brothers were killed in battle, however one brother fought for his home city and the other one fought for traitor. Creon said whoever tries to bury Polyneices will be put to death. Antigone was very upset because…

whether to bury her brother who died in combat or not.“Creon has sworn no one shall bury him, no one mourn for him, but his body must lie in the fields”.(Ant.Pro.15) Antigone goes to her sister Ismene and asks her if she would help bury their brother [Eteocles]. As the conversation moves forward, it looks more and more like Ismene won’t help. Antigone keeps pushing Ismene; finally Ismene snaps and replies to Antigone with, “You are mad!”(emphasis added) Only a reaction to Antigone’s…

Sophocles, features two key people: Antigone and Creon. This drama lays out a basic format where there is a hero who has a flaw which leads to their downfall-- that being Antigone. Set after the great battle for the royal throne, both Polyneices and Eteocles die in the battle, leaving Creon king. The first edict Creon makes…

He is sincere, energetic and caring. He is loyal and cautious about the welfare of his nation. Eteocles, one of the siblings of Antigone, died for nation. Hence, the ruler requests to cover him with state honor. His respectable deeds will make him live in the heart of man. On alternate hand, Polyneces, another sibling of Antigone, came to battle against…

When a person believes in something worth fighting for to the extent of going against authority, he or she risks everything, even their lives, but in doing so, they also risk leaving lasting marks behind. They risk changing the status quo of things and risk changing the lives of people around them, especially their loved ones. The great Spartacus did exactly this as he led a major slave uprising during the Third Servile War against the Roman Republic. Taking their inspiration from Spartacus,…

Antigone’s and Creon’s begins with Antigone’s brothers fighting, one for the kingdom of Thebes, his intentions loyal, whereas the other is against his home, Eteocles and Polyneices, and at last their untimely and poetic murder of one another on the battlefield. Creon, the new king after Antigone’s father, Oedipus, and husband to Oedipus’ sister Jocasta, proclaims a law stating and condemning anyone who decides…

Polyneices and his brother, Eteocles, were cursed by Oedipus in that they would both die fighting each other. If her brother Polyneices had not died in rebellion against Eteocles, then he would have been buried in the way that Antigone wanted. However, due to his lack of any form of burial, Antigone felt it was necessary for her to defy the law and bury…