oedipus and antigone

Jay Freedman Mr. Doyle 12/21/99 College English Oedipus the King and Antigone Greek drama is about human nature and the human condition. Both Antigone and Oedipus the King by Sophocles are two of the most distinguished pieces of theatrical work that reflects upon Greek mythology and culture. In both of these works they are comparable because in both plays reasonable choices are made from the best possible motivation but are come back to haunt one day …

…sentences her to death, but Antigone takes her own life before she is murdered. Both of these plays discuss how people can not escape fate, no matter how good or bad they are in life and that fate is something that is pre-determined and cannot be changed. Also they both have a tragic hero, one of then is Oedipus while the other is Antigone. They both die for the something that they thought was right.