Power in the eyes of many people is a form of a weapon that is used to produce a negative and unsafe environment for citizens. Most of the time power has a negative effect on society due to the fear and corruption it brings to the table for the leader. The way a lot of people use their power is to show strength and courage over one another and that's what leads to corruption and consequences to society.
Power can sometimes be a good and helpful but most of the time it's not due to the people that have the power. Power is a tool not a weapon and people use it as a weapon more than anything. For example, Adolf Hitler was one of the world's worst leaders to go down in history. He had soo much power that nobody could stop or stand up to him. When you have a lot of power, you as the king, president, leader, become overwhelmed when you have …show more content…
Antigone described to her sister Ismene that their is nothing standing in her way of burying her brother polyneices no matter what King Creon says or demands. “Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way”. (Pg 816 stanza 36). Iseme tries to tell Antigone that by not following king's orders you could be sentenced for death. “Think how much more terrible than these, Our own death would be if we should go against Creon. (Pg 816 stanza 45-46). King creon may not be intimidating to Antigone right now but Creon has soo much power and people that Antigone has no clue about and when Creon workers find dirt on Polyneices body Creon sends demands to find who did it and kill them. That's not what smart leaders do. If the situation was really bad then that's a different story but all Antigone wants to do is burrie her brother and Creon is being selfish because what Polyneices did in the past. Creon thinks everybody has to be perfect and great like him and from past successful leaders like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, that's just not what an intelligent leader
Power can sometimes be a good and helpful but most of the time it's not due to the people that have the power. Power is a tool not a weapon and people use it as a weapon more than anything. For example, Adolf Hitler was one of the world's worst leaders to go down in history. He had soo much power that nobody could stop or stand up to him. When you have a lot of power, you as the king, president, leader, become overwhelmed when you have …show more content…
Antigone described to her sister Ismene that their is nothing standing in her way of burying her brother polyneices no matter what King Creon says or demands. “Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way”. (Pg 816 stanza 36). Iseme tries to tell Antigone that by not following king's orders you could be sentenced for death. “Think how much more terrible than these, Our own death would be if we should go against Creon. (Pg 816 stanza 45-46). King creon may not be intimidating to Antigone right now but Creon has soo much power and people that Antigone has no clue about and when Creon workers find dirt on Polyneices body Creon sends demands to find who did it and kill them. That's not what smart leaders do. If the situation was really bad then that's a different story but all Antigone wants to do is burrie her brother and Creon is being selfish because what Polyneices did in the past. Creon thinks everybody has to be perfect and great like him and from past successful leaders like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, that's just not what an intelligent leader