Compare And Contrast Creon And Antigone

Antigone said “ I admit I did it. I won’t deny it.”(500) She disobeyed Creon’s law not to give Polyneices a proper burial for being a traitor.

Antigone takes place just after a war between Antigone’s two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices. Eteocles fought on the side of Thebes whereas Polynices resembled an invader. Afterwards, Eteocles is buried and seen as honorable. However, Polynices is denied a proper burial because he is considered a traitor to Thebes. In this play, Sophocles uses Antigone and Creon as foils by characterizing Antigone as a martyr and Creon as a tyrant to urge the reader to realize that one’s own morals are more significant than the decrees of any government.

     In Sophocles’ play Antigone, Creon was engaged in a conflict with Oedipus’ daughter Antigone. Creon and Antigone did not see eye-to-eye the entire play due to extreme differences. Creon and Antigone had many similarities despite their enormous discrepancies. Having as many differences as they did, it made them uniquely similar in numerous ways. The similarities that Antigone and Creon shared were independence, loyalty toward their views, cruelty and arrogance (“The Similarities”). The connection shared by Antigone and Creon showed that as hard as Sophocles tried to make them diverse, he made them unintentionally equivalent at the same time.

“He’s honoring one with a full funeral and treating the other one disgracefully!”(Line’s 26-27) Antigone is opposed to her uncle Creon unlike his pointless actions. Antigone is sallow, withdrawn, and recalcitrant. Creon is powerfully built, but a weary man who suffers the burdens the rule. Antigone and him don’t have a good bond nor do they like each other because of his personality. He tells Antigone that he’s only interested in his political and social order. Creon is simplicity.

Antigone’s words, actions, and ideas contrast with Creon’s throughout the play. For example Creon thinks that it is wrong to break the law that humans made but Antigone thinks the only law she needs to follow is made by the gods. Referring back to first the quote I used “Zeus did not announce those laws to me. And Justice living with the gods sent no such laws for men.” This quote is

Creon declares that Etocles should be buried with full military honors. However, because he is filled with wrath towards Polyneices for being a traitor, he maliciously decided that Polyneices should not be buried. Antigone was filled with piety and wanted to give her brother a proper burial. Therefore, she transgressed Creon's decree and buried her brother despite the fact that Ismene was against it also. A messenger had then told Creon that someone buried the body and he ordered the messenger to find out who it was, and to bring them to him. The guards unburied the body and hid in a vigil state until they caught Antigone burying the body. She was not afraid when she was presented to Creon for trying to reconcile herself for the calamity by

Antigone’s words, actions, and ideas contrast with Creon’s character since she believes in what the laws of the gods say and not what Creon’s laws say. Evidence of this appears in the text when Antigone says, “That may be, but Hades still desires equal rites for both.” (lines 592-593) This supports my claim because it shows how Antigone’s beliefs for the gods contrasts with what Creon believes is right since Creon believes that his laws are correct and are what should be followed.

In this paper I am going to write about Creon versus Antigone. They both have strong character as Gender, Agency and State, laws. . Antigone is a woman who has a strong character that challenges the king Creon law in order to obey her beliefs. On other hand, Creon is effectively manufactured, however a fatigued and wrinkled man enduring the weights of running the show. A viable man, he immovably separates himself from the awful yearnings of Oedipus and his line. As he tells Antigone, his lone intrigue is in political and social request.

King Creon The Tragic Hero Character in “ Antigone ’’ Creon “ You there , you with your face bent down towards the ground , what do you say ? Do you deny you did this or admit it?” “ I admit I did it , I won’t deny that . “Antigone admits that she has buried her other brother , which was against king Creon orders . These conflicting motivations cause Creon’s arrogant , stubborn , and anxious ways .

“Yes Zeus did not announce those laws to me .And Justice living with God's below sent no such laws for men. I did not think anything which you proclaimed was strong enough to let a mortal overrule the gods’( 510 ). This shows how Antigone has belief in the Gods and doesn't believe in what Creon decrees is morally, and physically right to not have her brother buried. Another such example of Antigone's beliefs In justice and the gods us how she honors the gods more than Creon's beliefs and declarations about what should happen to the body of Polyneices. “My honor for the dead must last much longer than for those up here”(94). This shows how Antigone doesn't care about people's beliefs but the gods which were much more important to the people of this time. As can be seen by Creon's differing views on the body, and burial of Polyneices it can be seen that his beliefs differ in that of Antigone's beliefs of the importance of burial, and honoring the

Two of the contrasting principles in the conflict between Creon and Antigone is the rights of citizens as opposed to the sovereign power of leaders. On page 83, Antigone states, “Nor did I think your edict had such force that you, a mortal, could override the gods, the great unwritten, unshakable traditions”. She values her religious freedom over the laws of political leaders, such as Creon. Unlike man-made laws, her religion was eternal. In addition, Haemon says on page 95, “But it’s for me to catch the murmurs in the dark, the way the city mourns for this young girl. ‘No woman,’ they say, ‘ever deserved death less, and such a brutal death for such a glorious action.” While no other citizen of Thebes had ever disobeyed Creon, they were all

After reading Antigone by Sophocles, readers may believe that the two main characters, Antigone and Creon, seem like polar opposites. However, after digging a little deeper, readers are able to come to a final conclusion that although both characters may not always see eye to eye, they carry a number of similar traits. The characters seem to be so alike that it results in the two to constantly disagree, leading towards the two to continuously find new differences and flaws within each other. They don’t exactly have the same views, for example, Antigone seems to put family over everything else while Creon’s loyalty is more concerned with the well-being of Thebes. However, the two characters do have many similar internal characteristics. They are independent, confident, and stubborn when they want to be.

Creon and Antigone’s words, actions, and ideas contrast because they believe in different things. Antigone’s willfulness to admit that she knows the laws, but still breaks them, angers Creon. He believes that the laws he created should come before anything and everyone, whether the God’s agree or

What is the difference between a tragic hero from an antagonist? In the story “Antigone”, written by famous play writer Sophocles, a young girl named Antigone fights a tragic battle in trying to prepare a proper funeral for her dead brother Polyneices. On the other hand Creon the King of Thebes, believes that Polyneices should be left unburied. The two conflicting characters Creon and Antigone differ based on their words, actions and ideas. Creon’s downfall slowly leads to more suffering even though he is just trying to follow the rules as a king. Creon’s traits of pride and ignorance are different from Antigone’s traits of perseverance lead to Creon’s position as a tragic hero because Creon can not accept the fact that Antigone is willing to do anything to have the burial for her brother and this leads to a series of tragic occurrences.

Antigone is a play that was written in ancient Greece by the playwright Sophocles. It is the third play in a trilogy of tragedies about the city-state of Thebes, revolving around Oedipus Rex. Antigone starts the day after a civil war fought between the two sons of Oedipus Rex after his death. The civil war ended in death for both brothers, so their uncle, Creon, assumed the role of King of Thebes. The main conflict of the play begins when Creon gives one brother, Eteocles, a burial with honors, but passes a law forbidding a burial for the other brother, Polyneices with the penalty of death. One of the sisters of Eteocles and Polyneices, Antigone disagrees with this law, and decides to bury Polyneices, resulting in Creon sentencing Antigone to death. A conflict emerges between Antigone and Creon, who appear to be opposites. However, despite Antigone and Creon’s different stances on law, they are ultimately more similar than different because of their shared value of loyalty and their shared characteristic, hubris.