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ANTIGONE

The major characters are:
Antigone – oldest daughter or King Oedipus
Ismene – youngest daughter of King Oedipus
Creon – King of Thebes

Antigone and Ismene lost both of their brothers in a battle against the City of Thebes. Eteocles is the younger of the two and Polyneices. Eteocles claimed his kingship after his father, King Oedipus was exiled from the City of Thebes for incest and patricide. He also exiled his brother. Polyneices was angered by these actions and decided to declare battle against the City of Thebes. In this battle, the brothers killed each other. Once the battle ceased, the new King of Thebes, Creon, decreed that Eteocles was to be buried with a hero's honor while Polyneices was to be buried in disgrace; his body was to rot away and eaten by dogs. When Antigone heard of this decree, she became upset and was persistent in her oldest brother's body being buried so that "his spirit can be at peace." Her sister, Ismene advised her against......

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Approximate Word Count: 760
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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