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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 ....

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.... 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 deserve to be buried with honor like his brother. He forbids the people of Thebes to touch him, to say a prayer for him, or to bury him, Anyone who goes against his commands will ultimately be put to death. Creon is speaking for the best interst of the state, not in terms of family. He feels that he has to set an example for his people to deter cowardly actions like Polyneices' in the future. Antigone, on the other hand, is determined to bury her brother. She feels that he fouth just as bravely and died jus ....