Antigone’s tragic flaw is that she is too passionate and strong-willed for her own good. She insists on burying her brother, Polyneices, even when the king forbade it. When asked why she ignored his demand Antigone replied, “I dared. It was not God’s proclamation” (783, 64-65). Antigone is telling Creon that rather than listen to his man made laws that she would rather follow the higher authority of the God’s.
They had never heard of him before. Yet again he didn’t get to marry either one of them. He was outraged he stated to them while flying out the door, “I will get my bride, but next time you will come without choice.” With that he left. A couple weeks later there was a bull in the princess’s favorite garden. The eldest of the two grabbed a short stick and said, “I shall go hit the bull with this stick, and for that it will leave.” She did as she said but it did not leave.
He was one of the few mortals honoured by the gods, but he foolishly and cruelly wanted to test their omniscience. During the feast he gave to the gods, he killed his son, Pelops, and served the flesh of his son to the gods. All but Demeter recognised human flesh and was repulsed by the horrid crime. According to the Boeotian poet, Pindar, he wrote that his crime was not only those mentioned above, but also that Tantalus had abused his privileges, by trying to share
I believe if I cannot breathe under my own power, then I am not meant to live. In my opinion, being confined to bed and only staying alive by artificial means is not living. Mr. Bartling had a living will signed stating that he understood that having the ventilator removed will very likely cause respiratory failure and ultimately lead to his death.and that he was willing to accept that risk. He also had several documents stating very clearly that he did not want to continue living an artificial life finding it to be unbearable, degrading and dehumanizing. He, his wife and daughter also executed documents which released the
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. This is another well-known Shakespearean expression found in the play ‘Julius Caesar’ whose central theme is the assassination of Caesar. Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife, is appealing to him not to proceed to the senate where he is due to be elected Roman dictator. Her plea is based on the unusual happenings taking place the night before and her dream in which she had seen him murdered. Caesar in his overconfidence does not consider her plea seriously, but responds to her with excessive conceit: Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
Creon then condemns both Antigone and Ismene to death. He changes his mind about Ismene, but locks Antigone away in a stone vault. Later, after the blind prophet Teiresias predicts doom for the king, Creon decides to free Antigone, only to find that she has committed suicide. Antigone's death leads to the suicide of Creon's son, Haemon, who was going to marry her, and then finally to the suicide of Creon's wife, Eurydice. In the end of this great tragedy, Creon is left in distress and great sorrow.
But Haeman didn’t believe that, he wanted to marry Antigone and so when Creon was talking to Haeman, Creon said that he would not marry Antigone while she lives (1044, Antigone). So Haeman says if she dies another death will happen too (1044, Antigone). He wasn’t lying because when Antigone was buried Haeman killed himself. And that happened because of Creon’s actions. And when that happened and the choragus told Creon about what the gods might do, Creon quickly freed Antigone and was going to build a tomb for Polyneices.
Odysseus agrees to give him a proper burial. The next soul that Odysseus sees is glimpse of his mother but, gets distracted when Teiresias appears and warns him about the things lies ahead. Teiresias predicts that Odysseus will return home alone to his wife but will find trouble within his palace. Therefore, he has to destroy the suitors. Teiresias continues to tell Odysseus that he has to make another trip to sacrifice to god Poseidon.
There has just been a war between Antigone's two brothers about who is to rule Thebes. Both of Antigone’s brothers died, but Creon left the brother who attacked Thebes, Polyneices, unburied as a form of punishment. Antigone went against Creon’s orders and buried him anyway. As punishment, Creon then sentenced her to death. Haimon, Creon’s son and Antigone’s fiancé pleaded for Antigone to be pardoned, but Creon did not abide to his son’s request.
For months now, Paul has only known war and conflict, and a sudden change in that lifestyle can be unbearable. Additionally, when he finds out that his mother is dying of cancer, Paul feels sorry for