From the beginning, Sophocles introduces the audience to the core conflict that ultimately leads to the tragedy; the duality between characters of whether or not to follow the divine laws set forth by the Gods, or the laws set forth by Creon. Antigone strongly believes in the divine laws rather than Creon’s, and therefore a duality is created between the …show more content…
Sophocles cleverly links Creon and Antigone together to stress the duality between the divine laws and Creon’s laws; exposing how Creon will abuse his power in anyway to ensure his laws are obeyed. He then ensures the audience recognizes how severe his abuse of power is getting by causing his supporters, the chorus and his own family to desire to rebel against him. Finally, to assure the audience recognized his abuse of power, Sophocles makes it Creon’s tragic flaw and forces him to admit it stating that “it’s best to keep the established laws to the very day we die” (Antigone.