Creon Essay

Antigone tells the story of two characters, Antigone and Creon, who go against each other’s pride to defend their own. Creon, the King of Thebes, declares punishment upon Antigone for trying to illegally bury her deceased brother after he committed a crime. Antigone is trying to bury her brother so that he may pass over into the afterlife. Both characters believe that what they are doing is the right thing to do. Neither one of them want to put their pride aside and reason with the other.…

costs for their success. Scandal and death dethroned them both. This left the city in the hands of another, Creon. He was both a brother in law and uncle to Oedipus. He was a staid lawmaker, not a hero. This drove him to paranoia as he felt the people would see him as inferior to Oedipus. He tried to act big. He needed to make grand, cruel, decisions, to secure his people’s respect. Creon believed his only option was to rule by fear in Thebes, least he be compared unfavorably to Oedipus.…

plays, Oedipus Rex and Antigone, the main characters Oedipus and Creon, are both found in a position of power as the ruler of Thebes. Oedipus, who has been doomed by a prophecy, finds out that his wife is truly his mother and the person he killed on the roadway is really the King, and his father. Creon, who is Oedipus’ uncle, takes the throne after Oedipus leaves Thebes due to his mother committing suicide and Oedipus blinding himself. Creon becomes King, and is seen as a very strict ruler. He…

Tragic hero as defined by Aristotle is a character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction. Antigone by Sophocles is a play about two people trapped in by society’s laws of time. Creon is trapped by the rules and laws of Thebes and his hubris is that many of these are of his own making. Antigone is trapped by her love for her deceased but traitorous brother Polyneices, a deep sense of justice and compassion, and her belief that the Gods would want her brother…

downfall of that character. Unfortunately for Antigone, that character is her. Although Creon makes bad judgments, he is not a hero because he did not make a personal sacrifice for what he believed in. Antigone resolutely believed that burying her beloved brother, Polyneices, was the conscientious thing to do, even though Creon inhibited the proper burial for whom he believed to be a traitor. Antigone believes “Creon is not strong enough to stand” in her way of doing what she thinks is right…

Creon’s Flaw According to Other Literary Works While the various literary works such as Uttaradhyayana Sutra and Art of War do affirm Creon’s culpability in the play’s conflict; however, they disagree as to what, specifically, leads to Creon’s downfall. For example, two works, Uttaradhyayana Sutra and the Art of War both vastly differ. While the Uttaradhyayana Sutra focuses more on the individual disconnecting from the world, the Art of War places a focus on ultimately winning. Due to literary…

Like all tragic stories Creon ended up being the tragic hero for Antigone. And much the same as other tragic heroes Creon had noble stature, which led to tragic flaws such as pride and suburness. And that pride led to free choices such as deciding to kill his niece Antigone causing the excessive punishment of losing not only his niece but his son and wife as well. And with that punishment came an increased awareness, making Creon rethink everything he had done to cause and deserve all that pain.…

because she didn’t want her sister to die and the king said she would be punished also so they both were punished. Contrast with Creon’s character to the point of these two characters have conflicting motivations. Conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by Because he didn’t kill the women he just touched her and she had a soft spot. She also was happy because she wanted to bury her brother in the open to show respect she didn’t want nobody disrespecting her brother. She should…

Creon the tragic hero “Today you are you!That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” (Dr. Seuss). In the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles,Creon is forgone as the tragic hero. He is stubborn and has excessive pride, hubris is so great. Sophocles has created Creon with the same character traits as a tragic hero would. His tragic flaw, hubris or excessive pride is the cause of his downfall in this play. He is also, the one character that Sophocles created to…

Creon Is Not Fit To Be King In the Greek drama Antigone, written by Sophocles, Creon is a misanthrope, or a person who mistrusts other people which ultimately leads to the demise of his family. Creon became king of the city of Thebes after the death of the former king, Eteocles, while fighting his brother who also died, Polynices. When the throne became Creon’s he was immediately faced with some tough decisions regarding the burials of the former king and his brother. He announces to the…