Creon and Antigone's conflict is heavily rooted in gender from Creon's perspective, but Antigone sees her dispute as one solely based on the laws of the gods. Creon is not only angered that someone disobeyed his edict about denying burial rights to Polynices, but that the person who committed this act is a woman. Creon's anger toward the gender of the assailant can be seen in his beliefs that if a woman asserts herself against a man she makes that man into a woman (484-485). Creon believes that no woman should ever hold power over a man, and feels more threatened by Antigone's challenge to his power because she is a woman. It is likely that Creon would have killed the assailant no matter there gender, but his method of execution may not have
