In the play, Antigone by Sophocles when a new man Creon becomes king he forbids a traitor's body to be buried so that he would be an example, this man being Polyneices, Antigone’s brother. Antigone, fearless in her actions, will not let her brother's body rot in the street even if it's against Creon's rules, but Creon due to his pride will not listen to anyone including Antigone. This will lead to pain and suffering for Creon later in the story. The main character Creon is foolish, for killing Antigone for trying to give her brother a burial. Because he would not hear out Tiresias or others.
The first reason Creon is foolish is because he is Ruthless in killing Antigone for trying to give her brother a burial. It shows that he is careless of his son Haemons
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Another reason Creon is foolish is because he is so arrogant. He will not take into consideration anything anyone else says like Tiresias the blind prophet or everyone who says the seer has never been wrong. Creon is outraged by Tiresias’s prophecy and thinks he is lying or taking bribes because he doesn't like that Tiresias thinks that he and the city of Thebes will be if he continues to disallow the burial of Polyneices and doesn't let Antigone free. When the leader of the chorus tells him to take the advice the seer had given him he goes to bury his nephew and release his niece but it is too late. The last reason Creon is foolish is because he is stubborn. He says in the story that he will not allow Antigone to change his mind and defy his judgment. Creon has too much pride and probably takes Antigone questioning his judgment as an insult to his authority being the king of Thebes. He doesn't want to make changes to his rule of letting Polyneices’ body rot and anyone who tries to bury him be stoned and look weak. Creon is foolish in his action and by choosing to not