Creon is an old king who is weary of ruling but knows what must be done to rule correctly. Creon thinks very logically and only cares about keeping his kingdom in control. In the play it is shown that Creon truly does care about his kingdom’s order over everything. This is shown by the way that he handles Antigone and tries to convince her to let go of her feelings and marry Haemon, he repeatedly tries to save Antigone from herself so that the kingdom can go on. In the end his attempts fail Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice kill themselves, leaving Creon alone. While this is seen as a tragedy Antigone was the problem and Creon was just trying to maintain stability in his kingdom. I believe that Machiavelli would have approved of the way Creon handled the situation because it falls under when Machiavelli talks about how sometimes the prince must do hard things for the greater
Creon is an old king who is weary of ruling but knows what must be done to rule correctly. Creon thinks very logically and only cares about keeping his kingdom in control. In the play it is shown that Creon truly does care about his kingdom’s order over everything. This is shown by the way that he handles Antigone and tries to convince her to let go of her feelings and marry Haemon, he repeatedly tries to save Antigone from herself so that the kingdom can go on. In the end his attempts fail Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice kill themselves, leaving Creon alone. While this is seen as a tragedy Antigone was the problem and Creon was just trying to maintain stability in his kingdom. I believe that Machiavelli would have approved of the way Creon handled the situation because it falls under when Machiavelli talks about how sometimes the prince must do hard things for the greater