Creon

who buries her brother, Polyneices, even though the king, who is also Antigone’s uncle Creon , banned it. She then proceeded to fight with him and tells him that it is her spiritual duty. Creon says that his duty to his kingdom comes first. During the play, Creon’s actions are better than Antigone’s because he shows his strength as a ruler by putting law before family and religion. The first reason why Creon acted correctly is that he was showing that no one could break the law. He showed that…

Creon is a complex character who seems to have more reasons to order his decrees than what one would normally notice. For instance, Creon made two decrees. One to not bury Polyneices and to bury Eteocles, the other to sentence anyone who attempts to or buries Polyneices be put to death, which ended up being Antigone. Creon’s first decree, to not bury Polyneices and to bury Eteocles, was influenced greatly by Greek culture. The Greeks believed that treason was one of the worst things someone…

Professor Singer helps us understand “Antigone” by explaining the back story of the play, discussing the conflict between Antigone and Creon, and showing how both characters were deeply flawed. Professor Singer explains the background of Antigone to help us to understand the context the play. Antigone was written by Sophocles, who at the time lived in Athens. Athens was a city state with a population of approximately one fourth of a million people and was known for its tremendous political and…

role of being the hero, why not someone else, such as Creon? We learn and hear of Creon throughout this story, and though the reader sees him as the opposite of Antigone, I felt that there was much more to the man and I really want to see where the conclusion takes us as we think of how both Antigone and Creon as the “hero” of this story. Let 's see if we can see Creon as the hero, and why did Sophocles call the story “Antigone” instead of “Creon”?…

she does not realize that in her “harsh murder” of her own children, she too is acting selfishly (Medea 1496). Creon first introduces his tragic flaw by metaphorically explaining that the “ship of state” has “come safely to harbor at last” (Antigone 1.8-10). This statement proves Creon’s pride in himself that his ruling alone will bring about a peaceful time. Throughout the story, Creon continually refuses to listen to the Choragus’ thoughts and ideas because he considers himself completely…

Sophocles' Antigone, both of the characters Antigone and Creon can be considered the tragic hero of the play. Although Antigone may demonstrate some characteristics of a tragic hero, it is Creon who displays the traits more clearly. When Antigone opens, the sons of Oedipus lie dead at each other's hands. Both men considered themselves to be rightful heirs to the throne, but Eteocles alone had the support of the citizens of Thebes. Creon, Antigone's uncle, inherits the throne and buries…

his actions are unjust and that the misfortune was brought by himself. In Sophocles’ Antigone, both Antigone and Creon meet a tragic end as the result of their actions. However, the tragic hero of this play is Creon because he does not know that his actions will bring him such fate until the end, while Antigone is fully aware of the consequence of her action from the very beginning. Creon is not aware that his decree forbidding the burial of Polyneices is unjust and that it will cost him the…

In the play “Antigone,” by Sophocles, Creon, the king of Thebes, is the tragic hero, according to Aristotle’s definition of what a tragic hero is in Greek drama. The hero must be highly placed and Creon is a king. They must make a mistake and must possess a fatal flaw, also known as a hamartia. Creon’s hamartia is hubris, excessive pride. They must suffer a reversal of fortune, where the hero loses everything, and must exhibit tragic recognition in which he or she takes responsibility for…

away. Later this deal could not be kept thus they end up slaying each other in war and then the kingship for the city ends up going to the closest male family relative which happened to be their uncle who would cease control. The uncle's name was Creon he would later announce that the two men Eteocles and Polyneices that only one would have…

brothers on opposing sides of a war. Both were killed in battle and the new king Creon has ordered one to be honored while the other to lie unburied. Antigone, one of the sisters, defies Creon’s order and buries her brother Polyneices. Once Creon learns what Antigone has done, he orders her to be imprisoned in a cave. Antigone argues with Creon about morality and what the gods would want. Teiresias, the blind prophet, warns Creon that the gods are on Antigone’s side and that he will lose one son…