Essay on Oedipus Jocasta Creon and Antigone
Essay on Oedipus, Jocasta, Creon, and Antigone According to ancient Greeks the state of human beings was always in constant tragedy. This is due to the continuous control that the Gods exerted on all human beings. The Gods determined their fate and if humans tried to change their destiny and thus their character they were punished. The Gods required justice and never let someone go unpunished. Sophocles wrote two plays that described these ideas. The characters in these plays, Oedipus, Jocasta, Creon, and Antigone were bound to the Gods, and trapped between various moral obligations. A question that was deeply present in Greek conscience was that everyone needed to know their place in the universe as a human being. Oedipus was on a continual search throughout King Oedipus for his identity. The use of oracles in the play depict the importance of the Gods role in the Theban society. Greeks depended on them for guidance and answers to problems. Oedipus as the king of Thebes was morally obligated to his subjects to find the killer of Laius who is the source of the vile plague and promises that he will save the city just as he did when he solved the riddle of the Sphinx. After sending Creon to the oracle at Delphi
In a conversation with Teiresias he displays that he would not yield even if the eagles carry the body to Zeus he would remain unyielding in his principles. Oedipus should have known that by trying to change his fate he irritates the Gods and is punished by finding the truth out in a cruel way and making his fate come true anyway. Creon's tragic flaw is his foolish pride. He believes that if he is persuaded by anyone that it means he is womanish. Antigone can be seen as a holy woman who takes the Gods' laws seriously. He adheres to the laws of the state rather than having irreverence to the laws of the Gods. She knows that Creon is a mere mortal who is breaking the laws of the Gods. He is in a moral predicament because he has an obligation to protect his state of Thebes which includes its democratic laws and its citizens. She holds that she will never have a new brother because she does not have her parents. It did not matter to her that Polynices may have been a traitor to Thebes, but he was her flesh and blood. She was to test the beliefs of the child she had sent to die. This makes his pride a tragic flaw because it made him save the city, but allowed him to kill his father and guards with indifference. He failed the test and perpetuated a disbelief in the Gods. And even when it is suggested to him that he should change his mind about Antigone and his edict by Haemon and Teiresias he remains obstinate and blind to his own actions.
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