Thesis

Choose two themes and discuss how each theme is similar or different to a theme in the other plays.

Human nature

Sophocles uses his main character, Antigone, to display his notion of human nature. There are numerous aspects of human nature, although Sophocles chooses to focus mainly on a few of them. Religion, importance of family, and the role of gender are all aspects of human nature that are emphasized throughout this great tragedy. For Oedipus, the king's fate was already given to his family with the common thought of having Oedipus killed so the prohpacy doesn't come true. But by doing that it does come true because he come back and makes his prohpacy come true. Oedipus cares for his family and when had found out what he had done, he punishes himself and apologizes. In Medea, she reacts towards the betrayal of a husband, an aspect more along the lines of family and taking a side for the gender roles.

Right or Wrong

In Oedipus, the king, although he didn' t want to except the truth he was founded guilty for killing his father and marrying his mother. Fate may have brought him there but for him to except what he could not believe is hard for him. This same idea is also shown through Medea, as she was disbanded by her husband, Jason, she attempts to get revenge on him for what he has done to her. She debate over what she should do, if killing her kids is right, or what she did was right. By the end she went through with her plans, and had done exactly what she had said. In Antigone, she of course ponders on the idea of what she believe is right. She had bury her brothers and she has no doubt that it was the right thing to do. She is ready to receive any punishment thrown at her.