Antigone By Creon Character Analysis

In the play Antigone, Creon starts off as the loyal king of Thebes. He is loyal to the gods and loyal to the welfare of Thebes. However, over the course of the play, Creon degenerates into a tyrant. His degeneration is showing his character development. Creon’s pride about the human law also develops throughout the play, creating conflict with the divine law. When Antigone rebels against his law, he becomes stubborn, and makes myopic decisions and grows into his hamartia. Besides his hamartia, Creon’s position as the king makes him a power hungry man. His power madness degenerates him into becoming a ruthless and vindictive man, even to his family. However, over the course of the play, Creon begins to see that because of the laws of men, he was being blinded of what’s

     Finally, Creon is a dynamic character. He undergoes changes in emotion throughout the work. He realizes his mistakes when Tiresias forecasts the future. Thus, Creon attempts to correct himself by releasing Antigone. But he is too late. He is forced to live, knowing that three people are dead as a result of his actions. This punishment is worse than death. Although Creon’s self-righteousness and inflexibility did not change until the end of the play, his motivations traveled from patriotic ones to personal ones. This created a major portion of the

Antigone’s words, actions, and ideas contrast with Creon’s character by his downfall because of Antigone braying her brother, Polyneices. Antigone said, “Let that be your excuse. I’m going now to make a burial mound for my dear brother.”(Line’s 99-100) Antigone is the type of person who thinks if one can get buried than the other deserves to be buried right along

In pages 138-140 of the play “Antigone”, a Sentry brings Antigone to Creon and explains to Creon that this is the person responsible for the burial. Instead of denying the claims, Antigone takes full responsibility for the crime. Furthermore, she states the reason behind the burial, which was to give honor to her brother. Creon of course did not agree with Antigone and stated that she went against his laws as king and therefore must be killed. Meanwhile, Antigone has already come to grips with the fact that she will be killed for this crime and is not afraid, she stated that she would die happily knowing that she gave her brother his proper burial. Moreover, the fact that Antigone was not scared of that punishment surprised Creon. Creon was even more surprised that Antigone openly put the Gods over him which leads to much of the scenes confrontation. The dramatic effect the writer created was writing Creon and Antigone argument in an interrogating style. The interrogation style argument added tension to the scene, showed Antigone stubborn personality, and heighten the conflict between these two characters.

Antigone is talking to Ismene and telling her all she has heard about the injustice that she has heard that Creon has created. She is very frustrated and wants only to bury her brother so he may have a peaceful afterlife and not go to the underworld or be stuck in purgatory. Creon’s edict stating Polynices cannot be buried under any circumstances is harsh because Creon most likely would have revolted against his brother if he was banish from Thebes just so he wouldn’t have to share the throne. After Antigone gathers up

The opening events of the play Antigone, written by Sophocles, quickly establish the central conflict between Antigone and Creon. Creon has decreed that the traitor Polynices, who tried to burn down the temple of gods in Thebes, must not be given proper burial. Antigone is the only one who will speak against this decree and insists on the sacredness of family and a symbolic burial for her brother. Whereas Antigone sees no validity in a law that disregards the duty family members owe one another, Creon's point of view is exactly opposite. He has no use for anyone who places private ties above the common good, as he proclaims firmly to the Chorus and the audience as he revels in his victory over Polynices. He sees Polynices as an enemy to

In addition, Creon also has an inaccurate view of his place in relation to the gods. He believes that man’s laws are more important than the laws of the gods. Antigone tries to defend her decision to bury her brother by proclaiming, “I do not think your edicts have such power that they can override the laws of heaven…If I transgressed these laws because I feared the arrogance of man, how to the god’s could I make satisfaction” (line 408)? Creon’s hubris causes him to think that he must put Antigone to death because she chooses to follow the god’s laws over his.

Throughout the novel Creon is witless because he directly and indirectly kills his family, also, he ignores the interests of his people. Creon begins his massacre with his niece, Antigone. After she is found by one of the guards burying her brother, the traitor Polyneices, Creon banters with her for quite some time. But, he reaches his “just” resolution of burying her alive; he puts her in a cave and seals it shut. Later in the novel, the messenger comes back with news that Antigone is dead, this is how he phrases it,“Antigone was there, hanging by her neck from a linen noose...”(pg 68).

Creon is a very stubborn man like when he said this to the guard “This and more- you sold your life for silver. ”(377).Creon is accusing the guard of burying the body even though it wasn't him. Creon doesn't listen to the guard or even want to hear what he has to say but still accuses him of taking bribe. When Antigone was talking to To Ismene Antigone says “I’ll hate you if you're going to talk that way. And you’ll rightly earn loathing of the dead.

One of the differences in Antigone and Creon’s views is that Antigone chooses to honor her family while Creon honors the city and his people over his own kin. Antigone makes the decision to bury her brother even if it means death because to her “it will not be the worst of deaths” such as a “death without honor” (i.81). Antigone displays her respect for her brother Polynices and emphasizes how he deserves a proper burial no matter what his actions caused. Creon chooses the city of Thebes and his people over his own family when he creates the law that forbids anyone to bury Polynices. He states that “as long as [he is] king, no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man” (i.175).

In the beginning, the author introduced Antigone and her sister, Ismene, and their argument about their recently deceased brother. The argument involved Antigone wanting to bury her brother and Ismene encouraging her to obey the King's orders. Antigone ignored her sister's advice and chose to

Creon's motivation for forbidding the burial of his own nephew Polyneices is because he fought over the throne of Thebes which was rightfully to be given to his brother who was next in line. He and his brother both killed each other which is why Polyneices brother is having a proper burial and Polyneices was left out in the wilderness. Creon would issue an edict that runs so contrary to his family obligations because he feels that if he allows this to happen within his family then it makes it acceptable for his citizens to get away with following the law.

In the text, Antigone wants to bury her brother, Polynices, after hearing about what occurred with their brother, Eteocles. Polynices and Eteocles had an argument over who should be the king and they ended up slaughtering each other to death in a battle for the throne. Polynices is looked at as a traitor. Antigone did not care and still wanted to bury him. The obstacle in the way her uncle Creon. Creon was the king and he proclaimed that the body of Polynices shall not be buried. Both Antigone and Creon followed separate rules and laws. That causes the difference in viewpoints between the two. With Antigone, she believes that it would be right to bury him, so she did. Once Creon found out, he was very angry. With the body of Polynices being banned due to the proclamation

The play centers around a young girl, Antigone, that is determined to bury her wronged brother even though it will end in her imminent death. Creon, the king, has deemed it illegal for anyone to bury Antigone’s brother’s body, even though it is the female family member 's duty given by the gods to perform the burial. Antigone stuck to her oath to bury her brother and is caught by Creon and sentenced to death. One of the main themes in this play is family. Each character 's ending will be tragic due to their loyalty to their family, which is illustrated in Antigone’s death because of her unwavering loyalty to her brother and commitment to his burial. Creon 's son, Haemon, shows up briefly in the play, but has a pivotal role. Haemon is

At the beginning of the story, Antigone expresses her idea, to violate Creon’s rules in which prohibited people to mourn and burying his corpse which was left on the battlefield to rot and be eaten by wild animals. Ismene, Antigone’s sister did not approve of her plan and