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Creon's View Of Antigone

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There are many different meanings and views to the play Antigone by a tragedian named Sophocles. As a tragedian, he writes plays about dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character. The main character of Antigone is, of course, Antigone. Throughout the play, Sophocles shows the love Antigone has for her brother Polynices. Polynices and their other brother Eteocles were given the chance to share the throne of their city, Thebes after their father took his own life. The deal was to take turns every year being king. Eteocles took the throne first but by the end of his one-year reign Eteocles did not want to give the city to Polynices. Polynices was so upset that he formed …show more content…

He makes horrible choices that hurt his family during the play. He makes it clear that he was willing to kill his niece, Antigone, just to prove to the citizens of Thebes that nobody can break his laws no matter who they are. Even after Antigone tried to explain why she buried Polynices Creon was still married to killing Antigone for treason. “[CREON] Not even death can make a foe a friend. [ANTIGONE] My nature is for mutual love, not hate.[CREON] Die then, and love the dead if thou must; No woman shall be the master while I live.” (522-524). Creon’s power has blinded him from all things rational including love. He listened to every point Antigone made yet he still wanted to kill her even after his son, Haemon tried to talk him out of it. When talking to Haemon, Creon claimed that Haemon is just Antigone’s accomplice and slave that Haemon is being shadowed by Antigone's “ignorance”. By the end of their discussion Creon still, decides to kill Antigone but just in a different way. He aimed to kill her by locking her away forever in a tomb with just the smallest amount of food.Little did Creon know that his choice to continue with Antigone’s death would follow in a vicious circle of sorrow for

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Boom! It shocked her, her own brother has died why “why would this happen to me, she repeated to herself. Antigone begins with the two sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polyneices, who are fighting for the kingship of Thebes. Both men die in the battle. Their successor, Creon, decides that King Eteocles will be buried, but Polyneices, because he was leading a foreign army, will be left on the field of battle.

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Creon shows an extraordinary amount of stubbornness throughout the story. An example is seen when Antigone wishes to give her brother, Polyneices a proper burial so he can have a pleasant afterlife with the Gods. Creon, as king wishes to have him rot in the fields because he turned his back on the state in which the events occurred.

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In the play Creon uses logical manipulation to appeal to antigone in order to get her to understand that she was in the wrong for not following his commands and breaking the rules and how she should listen to what he says. This is shown when creon says¨a enemy is a enemy even dead¨(sophocles pg17).This proves and shows us how creon is telling antigone that he won't bury her brother because he is a enemy and he does not deserve that kind of respect. Creon is using logical manipulation against antigone by telling her that he died as a

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In Antigone, it is evident that both Creon and Antigone made mistakes in spite of the fact that they had right intentions. Creon attempts to uphold the law in order to maintain structure and be what he considers to be a just leader, however, Creon’s mindset remains too rigid and his actions don’t adapt in light of the circumstances. Antigone wants to stay loyal to her family and save her brother’s soul, yet she isolates herself and shows disrespect for the law. Creon does not allow Antigone any grace for her actions because he explicitly adheres to the laws of the city.

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The play Antigone explores the conflict between two main characters, Antigone and Creon. Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, is a young woman who is willing to resist the law of the land to honor her deceased brother. On the other hand, Creon, the king of Thebes, is a proud and stubborn ruler who is determined to uphold the law and punish those who violate it. In the opening scene, Antigone is shown as a determined young woman who is willing to withstand the orders of the king and bury her brother.

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In Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone, there is a popular debate over who the true protagonist and antagonist of the play is. Antigone is the better choice for the protagonist in the play because her actions are what initially cause the the tragic outcome to occur. Unlike Creon, Antigone obeys the gods and shows respect for her family. Creon, however, can be characterized as the antagonist because of his opposition to Antigone, the protagonist. Antigone’s motives for burying Polyneices are honorable.

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The tragic hero of the play Antigone is Creon. He made many fatal errors in the beginning of his reign that influenced the rest of his life. At the beginning of the play Antigone’s brothers Eteocles and Polyneices fight to the death and end up killing each other. Creon, the king of Thebes and Antigone’s uncle, orders Eteocles to be buried with honor while Polyneices is to rot in an empty field. Creon then states that anyone caught trying to bury him will be stoned to death in the center square.

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The excessive pride of Creon and Antigone lead to their downfalls in Antigone. In the scene in which creon is confronted by Antigone about his commands he says “go down and love you must- love the dead! While I’m alive, no woman is going to lord it over me” () Creon

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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.

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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.

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I think you are right Creon’s desire for power was driving him crazy. I also agree with the point that too many people die in this play. Also, Antigone made a mistake killing herself because she did nothing wrong and deserve to live. I agree with you that Antigone’s flaw was her quality of being loyal. She stood by what she thought was right.

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Creon is the protagonist in Antigone, because his motivation throughout Antigone is the stability and wellbeing of Thebes. Moreover, Antigone is the antagonist in Antigone, because her motivation is selfish and deceiving. In Antigone the setting is Thebes post the death of both airs to the throne. Eteocles dies defending his country from his brother Polynieces which died attempting to reclaim his right to the throne. The conflict throughout Antigone is Antigone’s responsibility to bury her brother Polynices and the law created by Creon, the new king of Thebes, which states that “No one shall bury him, no one mourn for him.”

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In lines 599 to 601, Creon’s states that, due to his selfishness and stubbornness, he will not allow a woman, that woman being Antigone, to change his mind and defy his judgement. He declares that, if Antigone chooses to not change her ways, she will be killed, as to not waver from his own decree. Antigone therefore dies as a result of Creon’s insufferable and ignorant ruling, causing her to suffer at Creon’s hand. Creon’s ruling for the murder of Antigone also causes Haemon to suffer. Creon finds Haemon, in his last moments, mourning the loss of Antigone, “now among the dead, his father’s work,” as described by the messenger in line 1364.

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Creon was completely blinded by his pride and power that he lost those closest to him. Starting with his son... “Then she’ll die-- and in her death kill someone else. ”(Haemon; line 859). Creon thinks that his son is threatening him, and doesn’t pay attention to what his son is feeling towards Antigone.

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