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The Foil Of Creon In Sophocles Antigone

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In the play of Antigone directed and made by Sophocles, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus is the foil of Creon, because of her traits of being religious, brave, and rebellious, she counters Creon by him not being any of those things, he is instead prideful, strict, and arrogant.
Creon and Antigone clash when the Guard that was accused earlier show’s up with Antigone brings her in, and we can just see how much Antigone shows Creon's personality, that Creon doesn’t care about the gods. ”Creon: And yet you dared to break those very laws to me?” (Line #507) Because of Creon being King, the power went to his head, because of that he thinks that everything, even the gods are below him.”Antigone: Take me and kill me—what more do you want? Creon: Me? Nothing. With that I have everything,” (Line 565-566) That type of thoughts that Creon shows that his own pride is blocking his sight, because of that it's one of his biggest reasons of his downfall as a tragic hero. …show more content…

Because of his interactions with multiple characters that are telling Creon that he is in the wrong, and he doesn't listen to the warning the gods are sending results in the punishment of disobeying the gods. “Guard: Then suddenly a swirling windstorm came, whipping clouds of dust up from the ground filling the plain—some heaven-sent trouble.” (Line 470-472) the Guard is telling Creon that it was a very unusual storm that came through. Especially when it was near the body that they were trying to guard. The Gods were watching Creon's actions, to the point of him not burying the body to watching all of his family die and they all go to the underworld where Hades is. Creon intentions were colliding with each other, while he promised to listen to the people, he also made a promise to himself to not let the brother

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