IUF 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Polynices, Bessie Head, Castillo De San Marcos
14 May 2016
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Sophocles: he is the writer of the antigone. The play antigone deals with a lot of tragedies. This is to make the audience think about themselves, examine themselves. To come clean about what it mean to be happy. Polynices: he is the son of oedipus who tries to take the throne from his brother oedipus. In order words he began the civil war. During the war both polynices and oedipus die and the king creon refuses to bury polynices. Creon: he take the throne after oedipus, cleolces and polynices die. He refuses to bury polynices because of the troubles he had caused. Creon then punishes antigone for going against his rule and sends her to death. He is the husband to be of antigone. Greek chorus: they are 15 aged noblemen of thebes. They advised creon and told him what to do, what they thought was right. Wo-haw he was a kiowa from southern great plains around western oklahoma.
