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In Antigone by Sophocles Teiresias is a blind prophet who predicts the future. He changes Creon by causing him to try and save Antigone and bury Polyneices. Teiresias might not have showed up often however he was still very significant. For instance Teiresias says “You should be able to yield for your own good” on page 692. Those words manly sum up what Creon's tragic flaw was. Teiresias is the one that really states that and makes it clear and he isn't even a big character in Antigone. He also says on page 692 “it is for your own good I say ask do.” This proves that Teiresias wasn't scared to tell Creon what to do, and to show him that he wasn't allowed to do whatever he wanted and that he wasn't always right. All in all Teiresias who wasn't in the play for long, gave us important information on Creon making him a significant character. Teiresias was an important character because he stood up to Creon and wasn't afraid of him. For example Teiresias says on page 693 “The time is not far from when you shall pay back.” I have a feeling no one else in the city would ever have said that to Creon except for maybe Antigone. Also if Teiresias never said that I bet Creon wouldn't have gone back and tried to fix his mistakes. In closing Tiresias was a very important character because he wasn't afraid to …show more content…

He said on page 692 “But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong.” This taught us that it's okay to be wrong and that it's better to say you were wrong than to keep following the wrong path. He also says “And repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.” This also shows that repair the bad things you've done is better than leaving them and saying you were never wrong. All in all he is significant because without him we would have learned one of the important lessons the play Antigone has taught

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Another scene in the play which demonstrates Creon’s ineffective rule is when Teiresias comes to deliver Creon’s prophecy. Teiresias first addresses Creon by informing him to listen to what the prophet has to say. Here is where it is evident that Creon is often one minded in his thinking. As soon as Creon is asked to listen he snaps back at Teiresias, “I am not aware that I have ever failed to listen.” (Sophocles 835)

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Through your decision” (Sophocles 1328). Teiresias says how Creon has caused many of the problems that are occurring in Thebes. In this scene Teiresias affects the theme of wisdom. Teiresias resembles wisdom and truth and when Creon decides to not allow

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Again this accusation made by Creon was false, however later Ismene was let go after Antigone convinced Creon that Ismene had nothing to do with the burial of Polyneices. In scene five Creon was again letting his untrusting nature impede his judgment. During his conversation with the prophet, Teiresias, he was untrusting of the prophet and verbally accused him of being a “wise man” who “sells his wisdom.” This accusation made after Teiresias had given Creon his prophecy which had not looked to good.

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Teiresias tells Creon that about how he had a dream and saw that the gods aren’t please with Creon. They aren’t happy with how Creon is punishing Antigone for trying to uphold their laws. “Wise art thou as a seer, but too much given to wrong and injury” (Sophocles, ln. 1215-1216). Earlier in the play Creon was talking about how Teiresias as a seer is very reliable and has never been wrong. However, in this quote, the reader can see that Teiresias is advising Creon to give Polyneices proper burial rights and free Antigone because it will please the gods, but since Creon is too prideful and stubborn to admit he’s wrong, he blames Teiresias’ visions as being wrong.

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“Then take this,and take it to heart! The time is not far off when you shall pay back Corpse for Corpse,flesh of your own flesh” This quote shows that Teiresias warns Creon that he will lose everything. “Think: all men make mistakes, But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong” This quote shows that Teiresias knows that Creon is wrong and that he should try to make amends. Creon shows how god’s law is more important than man’s law by him losing everything for not following god’s law and by forcing the people of Thebes to not follow god’s law .Quote #1 “There is no happiness when there is no wisdom; No wisdom,but in submission to the god’s”

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He is stubborn, and his pride is so great, he cannot bring himself to acknowledge that he could ever wrong. King Creon also possessed the character trait of being very strict and inflexible, even though his character may have brought protection, or a sense of safety among the Theban people, even when his. When Creon is talking to Teiresias, he thinks that he is being paid off. He does not want to believe he could be wrong about Antigone. Creon even says, “Whatever you say, you will not change my will.”

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