Oedipus and Lysistrata

OLeah B. Mikell
Eng. 284 T/Thur. 2:30-3:45 pm
QCQ Assignment
09/06/2011
My own flesh and breedâ€"dear sister, dear Ismene, how many distresss our father Oedipus handed bulge out! Do you know mavin, I take in you, one grief that Zeus will not perfective for the two of us while we still live and fall out? Theres nothing, no painâ€"our lives are painâ€"no surreptitious shame, no public disgrace, nothing I havent seen in your grief and mine. -Antigone
Antigones first words in Antigone, My own flesh and blood, vividly emphasize the plays concern with familial relationships. Antigone is a play about the legacy of incest and about a sisters love for her sidekick. class and blood have been destined to couple unnaturallyâ€"in sex, violence, or bothâ€"since Oedipuss rash and unwitting dispatch of his father. Antigone says that griefs are handed down in Oedipuss family, implicitly comparing grief to a family heirloom. In her first speech, Antigone seems a dangerous woman, well on her way to going everyplace the edge. She knows she has nothing to lose, telling Ismene, Do you know one, I ask you, one grief / that Zeus will not perfect for the two of us / while we still live and breathe? Before we even have time to imagine what the close grief might be, Antigone reveals it: Creon will not allow her brother Polynices to be buried.



Ismene, on the other hand, like the audience, is one smell behind. From the outset, Antigone is the only one who sees what is really going on, the only one willing to speak up and point out the truth.
1. hash out the role of the sentry in Antigone. How does this minor character tinge our impressions of major characters, or of the plays central difference of opinion?
2. What is the difference between Oedipuss relationship with Antigone and his relationship with Ismene in Oedipus at Colonus?

Leah B. Mikell
Eng. 284 T/Thur. 2:30-3:45 pm
QCQ Assignment
9-13-2011

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