major conflict Antigone’s major conflict is between Creon and Antigone. Creon has declared that the body of Polynices may not be given a proper burial because he led the forces that invaded Thebes, but Antigone wishes to give her brother a proper burial nevertheless.

Antigone is a threat to the status quo; she invokes divine law as defense of her actions, but implicit in her position is faith in the discerning power of her individual conscience. She sacrifices her life out of devotion to principles higher than human law.

What is the theme of Ode 2? 1) Punishment of the god’s is forever.

The meaning of Ode 2 in Antigone is a dark warning about the wrath of the gods and foreshadows the tragic fate of Antigone.

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State the speaker and significance of the following quote, “Which of us can say what the gods hold wicked?” Antigone says this because Creon is trying to play God and he can’t decide what is or is not wicked.

Judging from the choral ode, how do the gods feel toward the family of Oedipus? Angry because they are taking vengeance out on his family every generation.

The major moral conflict in Antigone by Sophocles is the conflict over which value is most fundamental. The play presents the moral conflict over whether the god’s law or the city’s law is more powerful. This seems to be the most prominent theme.

Antigone and Creon are both unable to see past their pride and communicate with one another, eventually leading to the tragedy of Antigone’s death at the end of the play. Even though Creon changes her punishment from death to imprisonment, Antigone resolves her internal conflict by taking her own life.

What warnings does Tiresias give Creon? Tiresias warns Creon that pain will come for a lot of people and they will cry for their lost children.

What reason does Antigone give for defying Creon’s decree? Antigone believes that the laws of God concerning the burial of the dead are more important than any of man’s laws, including Creon’s.

These 7 natural wonders of the world include the Northern Lights, the Grand Canyon, Paricutin, Mount Everest, Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, Victoria Falls, and the Great Barrier Reef. Many of these naturally-formed displays require an aerial view to capture the vastness of each phenomenon.

Join us as we take a journey to explore the 7 Wonders of the Modern World.

• Chichen Itza (Mexico)
• Christ The Redeemer (Brazil)
• The Colosseum (Italy)
• Great Wall of China (China)
• Machu Picchu (Peru)
• Petra (Jordan)
• Taj Mahal (India)

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New Seven Wonders of the World

• Great Wall of China. Great Wall of China.
• Chichén Itzá El Castillo, a Toltec-style pyramid, Chichén Itzá, Yucatán state, Mexico.
• Petra. The Khaznah (“Treasury”) at Petra, Jordan.
• Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu.
• Christ the Redeemer. Christ the Redeemer statue.
• Colosseum. Colosseum.
• Taj Mahal. Taj Mahal.

The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it represented perfection and plenty, and because it was the number of the five planets known anciently, plus the sun and moon. Many similar lists have been made.

• The Great Wall of China, China. BEIJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 30: Tourists walk on a section of the Great Wall at Badaling, on a cold …
• Chichén Itza, Mexico.
• Christ The Redeemer, Brazil.
• Petra, Jordan.
• Taj Mahal, India.
• Machu Picchu.
• The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.
• Colossus of Rhodes, Greece.