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1. Antigone 8
   ... state. Sophocles two plays, ampquotOedipus Rexampquot and ampquotAntigoneampquot, share many characteristics yet also contrast each other in many ways. He ...
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2. Fate Throughout Sophocless Three Theban Plays Antigone Oedipus Rex ...
   ampquotFateampquot Throughout Sophoclesamp39s Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus The classical Greek writers have given the world major literary ...
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3. The role of fate in Oedipus Rex
   ... Oedipus eventually had four children: Eteocles, Polynices, Ismene, and Antigone. ... Creon was astonished by Antigoneamp39s defiance and ordered her to die. ...
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4. Oedipus
   ... Although selfinflicted harm, including several suicides, occurs in both of Sophoclesamp39 dramas, Oedipus Rex and Antigone, the motives for these actions differ ...
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5. The Three Great Epics
   ... Remember how all my life Iamp39ve been devoted to you, friend of my youthampquotHomer pg 416 Based on this, Oedipus Rex and Antigone are similar because of the gods ...
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6. Tragic Heroes
   ... Oedipus Rex and Antigone are similar because of the godsamp39 limited role in the heroesamp39 actions and the fact that the characters of each epic have a great common ...
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7. Sophocles
   ... of.ampquot Rexine p134 The seven tragedies that survive are Ajax 447 BC, Antigone 442/441 BC, Oedipus at Colonus 401 BC, Tracheniae 437432 BC, Oedipus Rex 429 BC ...
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8. analysis of antigone
   Antigone is a play that is in a trilogy with Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. In his play, Sophocles deals with topics such as rebellion, mutiny and pride. ...
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9. Antigone
   ... Antigoneamp39s rebellion is threatening because women were not allowed to question authority ... prompted me to reread the play especially after reading Oedipus Rex.
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10. Themes in Antigone
    ... a concept in Greek tragedy it is discussed in greater depth in Oedipus Rex The next ... Antigone follows her moral law, which is to bury her brother in order to ...
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11. Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus
    ... the second play, Oedipus at Colonus, is an outcome of the first, Oedipus Rex. ... he was exiled from Thebes, to the time he and his daughter Antigone stumbled upon ...
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12. OEDIPUS REX
    Oedipus Rex is a play about the tragedy that follows after an oracle comes to ... That his children Polynice,Antigone, Ismene and Eteocles are not only his children ...
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13. Oedipus Rex 6
    ... Kreon then sends for Oedipusamp39s two young children Antigone and Ismene ... Oedipus Rex, regarded by many, the greatest of all Greek tragedies displays great skill in ...
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14. The intention motivation of Oedipus in Oedipus Rex
    The intention motivation of Oedipus in Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex, also known as Oedipus the ... They had four children: Eteocles, Polyneices, Antigone, and Ismene. ...
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15. oedipus rex
    ... King. The scene with Oedipus giving a final farewell to his children, Antigone and Ismene, hits home with every observer. Overall ...
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16. CompareContrast Creon and Oedipus
    November 22, 1999 Compare/contrast Oedipus and Creon as Leaders In the plays Oedipus of Rex and Antigone by Sophocles, Oedipus and Creon exert similar ...
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17. Oedipus Rex 3
    OEDIPUS REX There are those in the world that will have you believe that fate ... He now wanders the earth and stays with his daughter Antigone, for he is sightless ...
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18. Sophoclesamp39 Oedipus Rex
    ... The basic theme of Oedipus Rex is the irony of fate. ... So Eurydice withdraws in Antigone just before her suicide, and Deianeira does so in the Trachiniae. ...
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19. Greek Theatre
    ... Sophocles wrote more than one hundred and eighty play but only seven survived, these included amp39Antigoneamp39 , amp39Oedipus Rexamp39 and amp39Oedipus at colonusamp39. ...
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20. Theatre History
    ... Tragedies like Oedipus Rex and Antigone were written to show the gods how cruel twists of fate and suffering affected human beings. ...
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21. Mythology
    ... In Oedipus Rex, the taleamp39s main character, Oedipus, had been fated to kill ... serve as a lesson in humility In the tale of Antigone, Antigoneamp39s brotheramp39s Eteocles ...
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22. Oedipus Rex1
    ... When Oedipus Rex begins, we find that a plague is consuming Thebes. ... He is a blind, beggar accompanied only by his daughter, Antigone. ...
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23. Sophocles
    ... His seven plays are Ajax, Antigone, Electra, Trachiniae, Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus, and Oedipus Rex. Sophocles went through three artistic periods. ...
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24. Oedipus vs. Everyman
    ... This step however, is not as evident in Oedipus Rex and the reader does not ... Perhaps Oedipus did obtain Acceptance since as we see in Antigone that he went into ...
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25. Truth: Ideas Which reflect personal belief
    ... Both Creon, from Antigone, and Oedipus were shown the truth of what their lives ... Although I may not accept a main idea of Sophoclesamp39 ampquotOedipus Rexampquot as truthful ...
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26. Oedipus the Hero
    ... Oedipusamp39s dialogue with Teiresias in Act I, Scene I of Oedipus Rex shows a ... also hundreds of innocent men on battle fields, and, incidentally, Antigone who had ...
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