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How Does Antigone Have Power Before Creon

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Antigone was a play written by Sophocles that revolves around the protagonists (Antigone) quest to bury her brother Polynices whose burial was prohibited by king Creon after Polynices and his brother Eteocles (former king of Thebes before Creon he shared both title and power with his brother in rotation but soon turned un the agreement which resulted in the war known as the seven against Thebes) were both killed in battle, afterwards creon declared no mourning or burial for
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