Oedipus_And_Antigone

Oedipus And Antigone The Tragedies of Antigone and Oedipus Antigone and Oedipus, written by Sophocles, are dramatic plays with a tragic ending. The main theme for Antigone is that people sometimes have to learn the hard way from their mistakes. This theme is expressed in the final four lines of the play. They read, “There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.” These lines are an important part of the play. They show Creon's bad decisions he made, his defiance to the gods, the punishment he went through because of his edict, and the wisdom he gained because of all his mistakes. "There is no happiness where there is no wisdom" demonstrates how Creon not using wisdom in his decision affected him. By declaring that Polyneices could not have a proper burial, he went against the gods and the other citizens of Thebes's beliefs. This was not a wise decision on his part, and because of it he lost his wife, his son, and his happiness. Creon also defied the laws of the gods. This is what is expressed wisdom, gods, antigone, creon, because, theme, proud, mistakes, laws, punished, polyneices, play, mistake, made, lines, learn, important, happiness, decision, words, wise, wife, son, punishment, main, line, gained, edict, defiance, decisions, creon's, big, bad, wiser, way, very