explain how the characterization of creon and oedipus in this section reflect the larger themes of the play.

antigone’s first words in  antigone,  “my own flesh and blood,” vividly emphasize the play’s concern with familial relationships.  antigone  is a play about the legacy of incest and about a sister’s love for her brother. flesh and blood have been destined to couple unnaturally—in sex, violence, or both—since oedipus’s rash and unwitting slaying of his father. antigone says that griefs are “handed down” in oedipus’s family, implicitly comparing grief to a family heirloom.

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subject: why anyone can be a genius.

occasion: moving forward in life.

audience: average person

purpose: to push you further in life

speaker: many famous geniuses.

here is the poem:

here is thy, and here is thee, genius is for what he can be.

poem is a matter of rhyme, but like ben frank said, life is a matter of time.

we have great inventors such as thomas edison, who said, "genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration." no, no perspiration as what comes from your skeleton.

we have great minds, from places of all kinds, such as yu kaw la chi tie, (now im switching languages because yu kaw was japanese.)

てちハラスイヒイス, てちラスイヒイス

てちのちみスイヒイス.

you are a genius, well not yet, but you are capable, and that is a bet.

i think she wanted to protect her children from the extreme racism of the american south.