Polynices

reason. Eteocles and Polynices had originally agreed to share in their father’s kinship over Thebes, but soon afterwards Eteocles claimed sole power and drove Polynices into exile. Polynices found sanctuary and support in the powerful city of Argos, after raising an army of Argive soldiers which he led with six other famous heroes, Polynices then marched on Thebes. Each of the cities seven gates were attacked by one of the heroes who were slain by a Theban warrior, except for Polynices and Eteocles, who

country is the most important of his traits revealed in his speech. One of the most powerful examples of this is in his moral analyses of Polynices and Eteocles. Creon vilifies Polynices, even embellishing on Polynices’ iniquity somewhat. He claims that Polynices “thirsted to drink / his kinsmen’s blood and sell the rest to slavery”, while to our knowledge, Polynices’ reason for fighting against Thebes was to take back the throne that was rightfully his (Sophocles 225-226). Meanwhile, Creon glorifies

Creon’s law was entirely incorrect and a result of a lapse of arrogant misjudgement, because Polynices was only as much a traitor as his brother, the decree goes against the laws of the almighty gods, and through his reasoning he paints himself a hypocrite. First and foremost, the biased ruling that Polynices was a traitor and stain on Eteocles’s honor is wholly misplaced. It had been determined that the brothers were trading in power, no single brother held above the other in the eyes of law,

It takes a lot of courage to stand up and defend an action or idea that is forbidden by society. This is what Antigone does in Sophocles' story Antigone. She clearly disobeys King Creon's order that no person should bury Antigone's brother, Polynices, which is punishable by penalty of death. In this case, is Antigone's decision the correct one? Her actions affect many of her other countrymen negatively because they cause problems within the royal family, disagreement among the people and directly

Thebes was invaded by Oedipus’ son, Polynices, and his followers. As Oedipus predicted in the previous play, Polynices and his brother, Eteocles, killed each other during battle. Creon, the king of Thebes, ruled that Eteocles should have a proper burial with honors and Polynices, the invader, be left unburied to rot. Antigone was dejected with Creon’s ruling and decided to bury Polynices herself. She tried to enlist Ismene to help her, but Ismene was to afraid. Antigone furiously continued

Would you rather not have conflicts in your life? Antigone is a play, based upon conflicts between the characters. Antigone is the sister of Polynices, who is dead. Polynices is considered a traitor to Creon and he doesn’t bury those who are against him. As conflicts occur, Antigone, Creon, and the Chorus argue on whether to have Polynices buried or not. Conflicts are a necessary part of life because of the changes that we run in to. It is appropriate to rebel and create conflict when we believe

between two brothers in a royal family in Thebes, Eteocles and Polynices, Eteocles being the older brother. Antigone and Ismene are the sisters of Eteocles and Polynices and are the bigger characters of the play with Antigone being the tragic heroine. Eteocles and Polynices decide to switch off yearly on the throne after their father, Oedipus, dies starting with Eteocles, but when Eteocles refused to give up the throne for Polynices, Polynices leaves Thebes and goes to Polis. In Polis, he marries into

is the third of the three Theban tragic plays and was written around 440 B.C. and is still well known today. Sophocles 's play Antigone tells a tragic story about family honor and a sister’s love for her brothers. After Antigone’s two brothers, Polynices and Eteocles died in battle, Creon became the new leader of Thebes. Creon orders that Eteocles have a proper burial while Polynices’s body remain unburied, simply left to rot. Antigone refuses to let her brother’s body be disrespected and decides

his own nephews to die so he would be able to assume the throne and take power? This would be viewed as morally incorrect by most and convinces the readers more than he puts law over family. The reader also observe this when he forbids a burial of Polynices, Creon states “Polyneices I say, is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or to say the least prayer for him; He shall lie on the plain, unburied; and the birds and the scavenging dogs can do

sister Ismene over the death of her brothers Polynices and Eteocles, who die over a bloody conflict over Oedipus’ succession. In her agony, Antigone describes the bloody civil war as the “final penalty to Zeus for Oedipus” (3). Zeus, according to Antigone, is the master behind Oedipus’s downfall and the plague against her family. Since Eteocles was the ruler of the city, and Polynices rebelled, Creon, the new king, decrees that no one shall bury Polynices. Creon justifies his decisions based on the