Part one of term paper
al of Polyneices When King Oedipus learned that he lived his life under a curse, unknowingly killing his father and marrying his mother, he poked out his own eyes and dissappeared into exile. After Oedipus' abandonment, toghether his sons Eteocles and Polyneices ruled Thebes. The two brothers eventually came to conflict, Eteocles banished h ...

Part two of term paper
... unburied. Antigone, one of the daughter's of Oedipus and sister of Eteocles and Polyneices, decides she is going to bury her brother against the king's wishes even though she is risking her life to do so. King Creon's decision not to properly bury Polyneices is because he feels he is a traitor to Thebes. This is due to the fact that he broke out of exile and attacked his own city with an army form outside of Thebes. King Creon says he is a coward to his city, not a hero, and therfore does not de ...