Antigone is the last play in a famous Greek trilogy, written by Sophocles. The Oedipus trilogy told the story of Oedipus, a tragic Greek hero, who defeated the sphinx and saved Thebes, but unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. While it was not written last, the Antigone pl...
The play is based around the belief of right by burial which Creon so happens to be denying a certain man of that right, Polynices, one of Antigone's brothers. Antigone serves a foil for Creon through most of her actions throughout the play. She buries her brother not once but twice, ...
Much of what is known of Oedipus comes from a famous set of plays by Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.俄狄浦斯（Oedipus 或 Œdipus,有时拼为 Oidipous）是希腊神话中底比斯（Thebes）的国王，是国王拉伊奥斯（Laius）和王后约卡斯塔（Iocasta）的儿...
Antigone by Sophocles is an amazing classic Greek tragedy that has stood the test of time. The story of a young woman who defies her uncle, the king, to bury her brother and stand up for what she believes in is still relevant today. The play’s themes of civil disobedience and justice...
Advanced Play Search Save Print Citation Subjects Content Type: Playtext Period (first performed): Contemporary,Classical,Before 500 BCE,2011-2020 Playwrights: Wertenbaker, Timberlake Setting: Greece Themes: Power,War Antigone (summary) Written byDamien RyanandSophocles ...
Antigone: A summary of life essays The Chorus introduces the players. Antigone is the girl who will rise up alone and die young. Haemon, Antigone
Oidipous Tyrannos”; Lat:“Oedipus Rex”) is atragedyby the ancient Greek playwrightSophocles, first performed inabout 429 BCE. It was the second ofSophocles‘three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology (followed by“Oedipus at Colonus”and then“Antigone...
After a heated argument, the prophet leaves the palace. ANALYSIS Oedipus is the hero of the tragedy. And because it’s a tragedy, we know from the beginning that he’s going to suffer a downfall. In fact, audiences in ancient Greece would have known even more. When Sophocles’s play ...
It would be tiresome to carry, and there was a chance it was dangerous. It might be better to leave it behind. A flicker of indecision ran through him, and he almost dropped it, but something stayed his hand. At the very least, it might pay for some food, he decided with a shrug...
Act I, Prologue: The prologue to Act I is written in the form of a sonnet and provides a clear, concise summary of the play. Romeo and Juliet will fall in love but their fate is death. The feuding of their families is at fault. Only the deaths of thei