ipl-logo

Creon In Sophocles Antigone

735 Words3 Pages

In the play Antigone, written by Sophocles, the story tells a tale of a tragic hero. Who lost everything due to his own. This thriller describes a story between blood,Creon and Antigone, an uncle and niece. Creon becomes new ruler of Thebes and as king he forbids anyone to bury his nephew Polyneices meaning anyone who does will be executed. Knowingly Antigone attempts to bury her brother. He is discovered by a guard and sent off to die in her own tomb ordered by her uncle creon. Before Antigone is set off to her own demise she shows the true nature of creon. Creon cockiness and pride blinded him the ones he loved. Antigone really showed this when she says “Oh, you are mocking me! Why me! Why me by our fathers’ gods - why do you all, my own city and the richest man of Thebes, insult me now right to my face.” Antigone is outraged her uncle creon insults her right to her face and being one of the considered “higher” than her yet still insisted on disrespecting her. Creon out of anger responds with “take her and shut her up, as I have …show more content…

Creon admits this when he says “ Think: all men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repaired the evil. The only crime here is pride.” Ceron admits this all over his fight with Antigone, after he sentenced her to her own death where Antigone took her own life. Creon feeling so miserable for the pain he has caused “Alas, how miserable I feel- to look upon this second horror. What remains for me, what’s fate still got in store?” Creon feeling all this guilt from which he has set upon himself says “Aaaii… my fear now makes me tremble. Why won’t someone now strike out at me, pierce my heart with a double bladed sword?” Ceron feeling to blame from all the pain and suffering he has caused he wonders why he is not killed because he feels it is so well

Show More
Related
195 Words | 1 Pages

In the short story titled “Antigone,” the author portrays Creon as a tragic hero by displaying flaws in Creon's character shown throughout the story. Creon’s character contains many flaws which lead to many problems. His decisions end up deciding the fates of his son, his wife, and Antigone. Creon finally realizes that what he has done is sinful to the gods. He has put his own pride over the appreciation of the gods.

Read More
278 Words | 2 Pages

He also violating a corpse by not giving it the proper burial it deserves. Creon also sees himself as the highest authority, even over the gods. Creon also wants to maintain his authority, even if it means killing his niece and refusing to bury his nephew. Creon will only admit his wrongdoings and repents for them in the end. But that is only after he is punished for his sins by the deaths of his wife and son.

Read More
1391 Words | 6 Pages

Fate has brought all my pride to a thought of dust”(Sophocles 1.5 142-146). Creon’s destruction resulted because of his misdeeds in having too much pride. His pride and his personal instability were the worst combination of possible qualities he could have. Creon’s past sins have built up and eventually burst and gave this man the worst punishment of all the characters in the play. In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon displayed many failing qualities as a king; most notably having displayed a giant ego by not accepting help from others, which warns the audience of the dangers

Read More
406 Words | 2 Pages

Creon and Antigone both show how pride leads to Destruction; Creon’s pride blinds him to the lack of proper justice he commits against Antigone, Creon has a lot of pride that he would allow Antigone to kill herself before he admit he is wrong, Antigone’s pride has no choice but to be killed because of her

Read More
660 Words | 3 Pages

oh look at him, Bearing his own damnation in his arms” (Antigone Exodos. 84-85). He is saying ‘Look what has happened to Creon’. He has payed for his arrogance with the death of his niece, son, and wife; that being his tragic fall, caused by his

Read More
1234 Words | 5 Pages

All of these three reasons are connected to each other, when Creon has too much of self-righteousness and too much of a pride because he is a king, he does not listen to others and so the problems occur. So, all the things that he did comes back to him and strike him hard. He lost all his love ones, his son killed himself, his wife cursed him of as being the killer of her son before she died. Also, Antigone has to die because of him, his characteristic of a tragic hero in this tragedy in not to follow. We can learn from Creon that do not make ourselves higher than other and be self-centered.

Read More
1057 Words | 5 Pages

The story “Antigone” is about love, sacrifice, faith, tragedy, and being true to one’s name. “Antigone” was believed to be written around 441 B.C. by Sophocles and was based in Athens, Greece. It was also the first of a series of three Theban Plays to be written. “Antigone” tells the struggles and hardships of two sisters named Antigone and Ismene who are trying to fight for what they believe in. Not only did “Antigone” tell the story of two sisters, but also told the story of Creon, the king of Thebes.

Read More
1501 Words | 7 Pages

In the classic play by Sophocles, Antigone is a tragic story of the bold Antigone who defied her uncle, King Creonʻs, edict by burying her brother, Polyneices, who died attacking the city of Thebes, trying to take the power away from their brother, Eteocles, who refused to share the throne with Polyneices. Even though Antigone knew that going against Creon and burying her brother would not end well for her, she still choose to risk her life to do what is right. After being caught breaking the law, Antigone is appointed to be locked away, isolated in a cave until she dies, but she hangs herself at the end. At the same time, things for Creon are not looking good, as everyone around him seems to be against him in his decision for punishing Antigone. Everyone Creon cares about kills themselves from a curse that is put on Creon for not following the Godsʻ laws.

Read More
809 Words | 4 Pages

Against the warning of others, Creon goes on with his plan to essentially sentence Antigone to her death. Creon continually ignores what others counsel him to do because he believes that just because he is king, everything he does is right. It is this thinking that ultimately leads to the death of not only Antigone, but also Creon’s son and wife as well. All tragic heroes suffer from a tragic flaw that leads to their downfall. Creon suffers from two tragic flaws, pride and stubbornness.

Read More
1092 Words | 5 Pages

The reader feels pity for Creon for his lack of time to grieve and his tragic mistake that led to the loss of his family, this demonstrates his goodness. Creon, recently succeeded to take the throne of Eteocles, making him king. Therefore, giving him the title of royalty and showing superiority. His power and control over Thebes makes him important, and this power and importance leads to a lack of mercy for criminals.. CREON. I have summoned you here this morning because I know that I can depend on you: your devotion to King Laius was absolute; you never hesitated in your duty to our late ruler Oedipus; and

Read More
1097 Words | 5 Pages

Creon regretfully says “I have killed my son and my wife. I look for comfort; my comfort lies here dead. Whatever my hands have touched has come to nothing. Fate has brought all my pride to a thought of dust” (Exodos). Creon comes to his senses when it was too late.

Read More
501 Words | 3 Pages

Antigone flat out says it was her and that it was no accident. Since Creon is king and can’t back down on his word about punishing the person who put the body to rest, he puts Antigone into a cell to wait for her stoning. Creon is now thinking that he shouldn’t do this to his niece or his son but he is torn between holding his word and changing it. Once Creon has made up his mind and now wants to set Antigone free, he goes to the cell to find that Antigone has hung herself. He realized his mistake after it was too

Read More
882 Words | 4 Pages

Countless times, Creon was implored to change his mind to preserve the safety of others. However, due to his uncompromising and egocentric nature, he repeatedly denied this aid, and therefore caused the tragedies of the deaths of his niece and his son. The events that occurred in the play Antigone accurately represent the characteristics of a tragic flaw and subsequent suffering that define a

Read More
489 Words | 2 Pages

I alone am guilty. I know it, and I say it” (I.ii.1021-1022). This quote indicates that Creon blames himself and only himself. In addition he now he has to live with the fact that his hubris not only killed his family, it also will always torment him for

Read More
757 Words | 4 Pages

Creon realizes it’s too late his mistakes, and now that he lost his family, he realizes he should of listened. All his family dead, he is now alone because he was blinded by his pride that he didn't listen. He realized too late of all the consequences that his ignorance brought upon him. Throughout the play Antigone by Sophocles Creon is seen as a tragic hero, due to the fact that he is rude to others when they try to talk to him and acts childish when insulting others.

Read More

More about Creon In Sophocles Antigone

Related Topics

Open Document