Here is a starting point for themes. Feel free to add to any of this or change it up. It’s clearly not a complete description of the themes, but it’s something to work with.<\/p>\n
Comparison to themes of the author's other works:<\/p>\n
Fate- Oedipus and his family cannot escape their fate, no matter how they try to avoid it.<\/p>\n
Comparison of themes by other authors of the time period:<\/p>\n
Gods are supreme- Both Antigone<\/em> and Medea<\/em> illustrate that mortals cannot defy laws or promises set down by the gods and avoid punishment<\/p>\n Family- Even though Kreon initially considers family connections secondary to upholding his laws, he, like Jason in Medea<\/em>, is devastated when his stance precipitates the death of his wife and child<\/p>\n Sanctity of marriage- In both Antigone and Medea, much of the violence stems not only from a breach of justice but also from the defiling of a marriage. In Medea’s case, it is one that is already well established, but in Antigone’s, it is one that was intended.<\/p>\n Comparison of themes of plays with similar actions:<\/p>\n King Lear- Similar to the way in which Kreon punishes Antigone for disobeying his orders, Lear rejects his daughter, Cordelia, for not telling him what he wants to hear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is a starting point for themes. Feel free to add to any of this or change it up. It’s clearly not a complete description of the themes, but it’s something to work with. Comparison to themes of the author's other works: Fate- Oedipus and his family cannot escape their fate, no matter how they … Continue reading Themes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arisotle-thought-idea"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}