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Creon Arrogance In Antigone

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Antigone, a play written thousands years ago, holds valuable lessons that still apply today. This play was written by Sophocles in Athens, the intellectual capital of ancient Greece. Antigone takes place in Ancient Greece and is a story about how the king of Thebes made a law that would kill everyone around him. Antigone’s brother died and Antigone gave him a burial to appease the gods against king Creon's order. He sentenced her to death and then watched as everyone close to him died. Through the death of everyone around Creon and his personal downfall, Sophocles demonstrates how arrogance is a dangerous trait.
Using the death of everyone close to Creon, Sophocles demonstrates how arrogance is an extremely dangerous trait. Creon’s traits are
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