Comparison between Sophocles' tragedys Antigone and Oedipus the King.
Date Submitted: 10/13/2001 15:22:59
Category: / Social Sciences / Language & Speech
Length: 3 pages (825 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Language & Speech
Length: 3 pages (825 words)
Antigone and Oedipus The King, written by Sophocles, are deeply tragic plays with a dramatic ending. In both plays, fate arises the question: could have Creon, Oedipus, Antigone, and the rest of the family, prevented the misfortunes, which fell upon them? Or were their lives cursed upon by determination? With every event that took place, the possibility of another occurrence was either higher or lower. One can see that every action brings upon an ironic …
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…by his very own edict, is brought to his ruin. Irony is included in almost every aspect of the plays. The long speeches that Oedipus makes, Antigones sentence to death in a cave, and Creon's entire existence. Both Oedipus The King and Antigone, I believe are the most tragic plays of all time. Sophocles creates certain effects that imply beforehand, the level of tragedy and drama, by connecting, among all things, arrogance, death and punishment.
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