Creon's Choices In Antigone

In Sophocles play, Antigone, Creon’s choices demonstrate his qualities of a poor leader, choices that lead to the downfall of others. Creon’s first decision to prohibit anyone from burying the dead body of Polyneices causes conflict with his niece, Antigone. Antigone does not deny that she buried her brother and tells Creon,”It was not God’s proclamation. That final justice that rules the world below makes no such laws”. She tells Creon that his law was not a wise one, one that no god would ever make. Antigone, Polyneices’ sister feels it wouldn’t be right to leave her brother unburied, and feels it’s her duty to the gods to bury him. She goes out to bury him, but she is found by the guards and ultimately sentenced to death by Creon, …show more content…
The law that Creon made is definitely not overlooked by the people. Creon’s choice to give anyone the penalty of death who buries Polyneices frustrates the people. When Haemon comes to his father to try and convince him to change his mind about Antigone, he also tells him about what he hears in the streets, he says, “Muttering and whispering in the dark about this girl. They say no woman has ever, so unreasonably, died so shameful a death for a generous act.” He warns him that his foolish choices will lead to his downfall in the end. Once Creon finds out that it was Antigone who buried the body of Polyneices and still decides to kill her it makes the people even more frustrated because Antigone is his niece. The people start to wonder and worry about Creon’s leadership, but if they were to say anything they know they would be severely punished. The gods are also displeased with Creon’s decision making and will surely punish him later. Creon says himself that he is basically a walking dead man because of what he did, because the result of his law cause for the deaths of Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice. He realizes that his law caused for the downfall of all his family, and realizes he himself is at the will of the