At that time, the Greeks were the first to introduce the drama. Since they were the first, so their drama was considered as one of the world’s greatest act. Greeks had actually more than one form of drama that was introduced like tragedy, satyr, and also comedy as well. Which brings us …show more content…
This play basically talk about two brothers or princes that start fighting or they are cursed to fight for their legacy in the kingdom. Their father who was the king of Thebes, Oedipus, he was intense about the circumstances occurring between the two sons. He was the one to curse the two in order to make sure they are getting their share of the kingdom by the sword, and since Oedipus had that reactions, his two songs decided to step aside from the bloodshed into controlling the country in the next years. One year later, Polynices’s turn gets rejected by the king himself because he believes it is not to his greatest advantage or that of the Kingdom to hand over the ability to his brother Polynices to take over, so Polynices becomes furious, and decides to raise an army and take over the royal position. Later on, after the king realizes that all seven gates of Thebes are being threat, he recalls the curse the father put on the two brothers. After recalling the curse, the king decides to go through the battle himself against his brother. The king wins the battle against his brother, but costing the king and his brothers