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…Creon the Authoritarian “Banish the man, or pay back blood with blood. Murder sets the plague-storm on the city.” In Sophocles’s tragedies Oedipus the King and Antigone, Creon is an authoritarian. It can be seen that Creon…

…In some instances, rulers experience different mood changes in both positive and negative ways when surrounded by different people, because of the responsibilities they hold. In the play Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, Oedipus, the king of Thebes, shows many…

…This paper is an essay on Antigone. The story Antigone is a great Greek tragedy. Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, is the author of the story. It is a great story. It is known throughout the world. This essay is going to trace the character…

…Oedipus Rex Sophocles’ Oedipus the King perpetuates this ideology that the title character pursues a path which happens to be foretold. Oedipus was determined to save his city and discover his identity, however he ultimately assists in his own…

…in the same world as the men, andthey interfered in the men’s lives as they chose to. It was the gods who sent suffering and evil to men.In the plays of Sophocles, the gods brought about the hero’s downfall because of a tragic flaw in the character of the hero…

…Antigone In Sophocles’ play Antigone, Creon, the king of Thebes, and his niece Antigone, have distinct conflicting values. Creon’s regard for the laws of the city causes him to abandon all other beliefs. He feels that all should obey the laws set…

…defined as a purging of emotions. In Sophocles' Antigone, the hero Kreon, has made a tragic mistake due to his ignorance, not because of wickedness or corruption. His tragic flaw is that he does not know whether to please his hingdom or his family and when he…

…not. Oedipus' fate and his excessive pride help to reinforce the dramatic irony produced in the play. Throughout the foregoing series of events, all of which take place in a single day, Sophocles develops dramatic irony through the characteristics of his tragic…

…that most tragedies end unhappily and contain a significant amount of dramatic irony. Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles in the 400’s BC, is about a young Greek who was fated to murder his father, marry his mother, and while in the process become the king…

…In Oedipus the King, Sophocles has many elements that change throughout his play. Many of these show Oedipus' progression as a tragic hero. His faith is tested and fails him before he can finally see the truth. At the start of the play, Oedipus…