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He said they couldn't be buried
Creon decreed regarding the two brothers are;
For Eteocles, is to receive a honorable death, with a burial and for Polyneices, he is to receive a dishonorable death where he will be placed in the town and be left for the vultures to eat him. If anyone would bury Polyneices, they will be stoned to death.
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Which of the following does the audience know to be true A Oedipus is Creon's son B Creon is Oedipus' uncle C Creon is Laius' brother D Oedipus is Jocasta's brother?
Creon is Oedipus's uncle.
Who is creon's son?
Creon's sons include, Megareus, Menoeceus, and Haemon.
What illustrates one of the ways Creon acts as a foil from Oedipus?
A. Which of the following illustrates one of the ways creon acts as a foil for Oedipus? B. Where Oedipus does not believe in prophecies, Creon consults oracles daily. C. Where Oedipus is not Ambitious, Creon covets the throne. D. Where Oedipus speaks rashly, Creon thinks before he speaks.
Who did Creon interact with?
Creon is a brother of queen Jocasta, the wife of King Laius as well as Oedipus (Jocasta's son).
Oedipus thinks that Creon is framing him for the murder of?
the former king of Thebes
What are the points of view of Antigone and Creon toward the burial of Polynices?
Antigone believed her brother, Polynices, should have been buried and honored just at Eteocles had been. Creon believed that Polynices was a traitor for attacking Thebes and therefor left him to rot in the field. He also sent out a decree that no one was to bury him.
What does Eteocles do that pleases Creon?
He defends Thebes against Polynices and his followers.
Who has directly violated Creon's decree?
It was Antigone; Creon's decree was that Polynices was not be be given burial rights but Antigone violated this decree by burying the body of her brother.
Who is Megareus in Antigone?
He is son to Creon and Eurydice and brother to Haemon. He does not appear in Antigone because he died during the struggle between Polynices and Eteocles.
Who was the antagonist in Antigone?
King Creon regards only the requirement of political expediency. Soon after the civil strife between Eteocles and Polynices ends in their deaths, he announces a decree denying Polynices' burial. He is unrelenting in his stance, as he wants Thebans to know that he is a firm ruler. Thus he sentences his own niece, Antigone, to death for defying his law.
Why does Creon forbid to bury polyneices?
Polynices gathered the "Seven Against Thebes" to make war on his home city when the throne went to his twin brother Eteocles instead of him.
Why does Creon forbid burying polyneices?
Polynices gathered the "Seven Against Thebes" to make war on his home city when the throne went to his twin brother Eteocles instead of him.
What crime has polyneices committed?
Polynices and Eteocles, his brother, killed each other while fighting to rule over Thebes. King Creon decreed that he would not be buried.
What did Creon issue for Antigone's brothers?
Theban King Creon issued a decree for Eteocles and Polyneices, who were his nephews and Antigone's brothers. The decree allowed Eteocles to receive proper funerary procedures since he was loyal to Thebes in the battle against Argos. At the same time, the decree denied those same god-given rights to Polyneices, who was disloyal to Thebes in the conflict.
Why does Creon order burial honors for Eteocles but forbid burial for Polynices?
Theban King Creon orders burial honors for his nephew Eteocles. But he forbids the same god-given rights to his nephew Polyneices, who is the twin brother of Eteocles. The King's reasoning is spelled out in his own decree. By law, the King refuses proper funerary rites to some of the Thebans who die in the recent armed struggle against the Argive invader. Those who receive their due are the loyal Theban dead. Those who are denied their god-given rights are the disloyal Theban dead. Eteocles is in the first category, Polyneices in the second.
Why did Ismene object to the burial of their brother Polynices?
She knew that King Creon had issued a decree that noone should bury him. She wanted him to be buried but was fearful for her life
What decree concerning the bodies of Eteocles and Polyneces does Creon make just before Antigone begins?
he says that it is illegal for anyone to bury polynieces because he is a traitor towards thebes. at the end of the play we find out that he really says this because one of his sons is killed by polynieces army in the war between eteocles and polyniceces
