Sophocles : Four Tragedies Direct

Antigone’s brothers have killed each other in a civil war. King Creon decrees that one shall be buried with honors, while the other—the "traitor"—is to be left for the dogs. Antigone defies the state to follow the "unwritten laws" of the gods and bury her brother.

In a world that often feels out of our control, Sophocles reminds us that while we cannot always choose our fate, we can choose how we face it. Sophocles : four tragedies

Electra lives in mourning and squalor, waiting years for her brother Orestes to return and avenge their father, Agamemnon, who was murdered by their mother, Clytemnestra. Antigone’s brothers have killed each other in a civil war

While it’s often grouped with the "Theban plays," Antigone focuses on the next generation—Oedipus' daughter. In a world that often feels out of

King Oedipus vows to find the murderer of the previous king to save Thebes from a plague, only to realize that he is the killer, having unknowingly fulfilled a prophecy to kill his father and marry his mother.