Creon

Creon was settled in a difficult situation. He turned out to be the King of Thebes after King Louis and Oedipus had died. By taking all the power of the empire Creon acted as not the real person he really was. The pressure given to Creon for such position took him to have a radical change in his mind. Creon did not have the ability to not lose control of his own person. The influence of pride and wisdom provoke Creon to act incorrectly. Incorrect actions lead Creon to meet tragedies. Creon…

The ability to gain power quickly will just end up with a negative affect. King Creon is new to power and so he makes rash decisions. “Eteocles, who died… fighting for his country, is to be buried with full military honors...Polyneices who...c[a]me back with fire and sword...is to have no burial....” (Scene 1). This shows that because he is new to power, he made a rash decision based on his likes and dislikes. Creon also did not consider how Antigone or Ismene would react to the Edict. Both of…

Good intentions sometimes leads us to the worst of pains. Creon -a royal king- falls into this category. From the play Antigone by Sophocles, Creon’s intentions clashes with his son, and in doing so reveals his fatal flaw and drives the story forward. Creon and his son, Haemon, have a complex relationship that shapes how they treat each other.You can see the basis of their relationship when Creon says “that’s how you’re heart should be resolved, to stand behind your father’s judgment…

The two major characters represent different ends of the spectrum, “Creon is the guardian of honor of the polis and Antigone of that of the family” (Lansky, 49) and from that a conflict arises. Their loyalties lie in the way in which they feel should be respected while the other continues to refuse acknowledgement of the…

If Aristotle were a judge in the dispute between Creon and Antigone his verdict would favor King Creon. He would favor King Creon for several different reasons based on his philosophical ideologies. Some of his ideologies that would support this reasoning would be the rule of a man over a woman, Creon being fit to rule and not fit to be ruled, and the goal of a city and an individual. Aristotle rejects the fundamental equality of all and believes that there are people who can be rulers, the…

Creon vs. Antigone In the Greek play Antigone by Sophocles, Creon, the King of Thebes, is a misanthrope. He trusts no one. He shows this through his actions towards Antigone when she wanted to give her brother, Polynices, a proper burial. Polynices is Creon’s nephew, but he was on Eteocles’s side when it came to choosing one of the two brothers. This whole time Antigone just wanted her brother to have a proper burial, but Creon got in the way of that, and decided that he was going to lock her in…

In Sophocles Antigone, Sophocles utilizes the characters of Antigone and Creon to create complex conflicts that reflect upon balance between familial duty, piety, and duty to the Polis. It is through these conflicts that the struggle between Antigone and Creon is manifested. King Creon’s harsh edict forces Antigone to reconcile her allegiance to her family and her familial duty with her alliance to the city-state and her place within society. Through this intrapersonal struggle Antigone decides…

everybody has to listen, obey and honor her just like Creon in the play Antigone is stubborn and wants everybody to honor and never go against him. The play Antigone is a tragic play with emotion and death. In the beginning the two brothers of Antigone fought each other for the throne. Creon became king and said that one of the brothers was not to be buried. Antigone the sister of the two brothers did not accept that and disobeyed Creon. Creon sends her away thinking his son wouldn 't kill…

The liar, or person who says one thing and means another, in the Sophocles trilogy is Creon. He has exhibited many times having his actions for the city of Thebes, but in reality he is being selfish about his power. Creon has also shown his selfish and sarcastic moments towards his family regardless of how close they are to him. Firstly, Creon’s decree to not allow Polynices to be buried inside of the city because he was a tyrant shows how deep down he used this as a reason to remove any power…

In the greek play Antigone, the main character Antigone had planned to go against the king Creon to follow the laws of her God. “In all of the thebes, you’re the only one who looks at things that way.” says Antigone. She believed that Creon had certain views on unburying her brother, Polyneices, and she didn’t quite agree with them. Antigone’s words, actions, and ideas contrast with Creon’s character to the point of these two characters having conflicting motivations. These conflicting…