The Exposition That Tells The Story Of Antigone s Father

The movie starts out with a back story otherwise known as the exposition that tells the story of Antigone’s father. Her dads name was Oedipus and he was the king of Thebes. When he was younger his mother sent him to an oracle that told him his future. The oracle told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Therefore, his mother shipped him off to the mountains in the middle of nowhere. While alone and abandoned he was found and raised by a women and a man. When he found out his destiny he left to find his real parents in Thebes. When he got their he got into an argument with a â€Å"stranger,† and killed him. He then got to the kingdom and fought a sphinx to win the right to rule Thebes and the hand in marriage of the widowed queen. Little did he know the widowed queen he married was his mother. Then he spent years trying to figure out who killed the king only to find that he killed the king. Then his mother/wife realized she married her son and hung her self. As a result, he took two needles and stabbed his eyes. Oedipus and his mother had four children together; Eteocles, Ismene, Antigone, and Polyneices. After the king Oedipus dies Eteocles seized the thrown. Polyneices started a war against Eteocles and they both died in battle. Now the new king of Thebes was Creon and Antigone was to marry his son Haemon. Antigone wanted to bury her brother Polyneices but the new king Creon forbid anyone from burying the body. The story then starts and begins to explain theShow MoreRelatedThe First Six Lessons And William Shakespeare s As You Like It Essay1351 Words   |  6 Pagesmust detail the conventions associated with the production. One must ask themselves if the play a presentational or representational piece? In this paper, I will be comparing staging conventions through Antigone, Acting: The First Six Lessons and William Shakespeare s As You Like It. Antigone is a battle between opposition, while As You Like It is a tongue and cheek melodrama. Acting: The First six Lessons stands out for its depiction of parental nurturing and teaching. It is a play devoted toRead Moretheme of alienation n no where man by kamala markandeya23279 Words   |  94 Pagesï » ¿ANTIGONE KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING This tragedy is set against the background of the Oedipus legend. It illustrates how the curse on the House of Labdacus (who is the grandson of Cadmus, founder of Thebes, and the father of Laius, whose son is Oedipus) brought about the deaths of Oedipus and his wife-mother, Jocasta, as well as the double fratricide of Eteocles and Polynices. Furthermore, Antigone dies after defying King Creon. The play is set in Thebes, a powerful city-state north of Read MoreA Doll House by Henrik Ibsen7379 Words   |  30 PagesMa. Jennifer S. Yap Dr. Sherwin Perlas World Literature January 14, 2012 A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen Translated by Rolf Fjelde I. Introduction During the late nineteenth century, women were enslaved in their gender roles and certain restrictions were enforced on them by a male dominant culture. Every woman was raised believing that they had neither self-control nor self-government but that they must yield to the control of a stronger gender. John Stuart Mill wrote in his essay, â€Å"The Subjection