Creon's Pride In Sophocles Antigone

     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

First off, Ismene, Antigone’s sister, actually was the one that incited Antigone's actions that led to everything else that happened in the story. Without Ismene, there would not be a plot. In lines 52-59, Ismene said to Antigone “What? You'd bury him— when a law forbids the city?” Antigone replied “Yes! He is my brother and—deny it as you will—your brother too. No one will ever convict me for a traitor.” Ismene said “So desperate, and Creon has expressly—” and Antigone interrupted with “He has no right to keep me from my own.” Here Ismene is telling Antigone that her actions are not something that are legal and that comply with Creon’s laws. Antigone, being hard-headed, decides that she is not going to let a law determine what she does for

One of the many variables that can influence the way a person views others and the choices that they make in the moment. Throughout "Antigone", Creon is constantly being swayed by his overwhelming anger and pride, often getting him into trouble that could have been avoided had he thought things through. When Haimon, Creon's son, enters the throne room to talk to his father about his decisions and choices that he has made in the past two scenes of the play, Creon's anger flares higher and higher as he listens to his son's words. At the beginning of the argument, Creon welcomes his son into his presence with open arms, saying, "Have you come here hating me, or have you come with deference and with love, whatever I do? (3, 6-7)" and continuing on to say, "This is what a man prays for, that he may get sons attentive and dutiful in his house, each one hating his father's enemies, honoring his father's friends (3, 13-16)."He clearly loves and cares about his son, but as his son begins to voice his ideas, his perspective of his offspring completely changes, eventually to the point that he says, "You consider it right for a man of my years and experience To go to school to a boy? (3, 95-96)". His entire perspective went from caring and respectful to the point where he is practically disowning the son that he was just praising not two minutes ago. As Creon lets his anger completely fuel him, I do as well. One time, while I was trying to drift into unconsciousness and rest,

She goes against the law of the king and buries her brother, Polyneices. Once Antigone came up with the idea of burying her brother; she decides to go to her sister, Ismene, for help. Ismene is appalled by the thought of going against the king. Ismene yells at her sister, in fear of Antigone’s safety, “We are only women! We cannot fight with men!” (816). This statement shows how frightened women were of going against a man’s orders, but, of course, Antigone showed no fear. She speaks confidently, “Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way.” (816). After the crime had been committed, Creon calls Antigone to his court and asks if what he had been told was true; Antigone did not deny a word. This shocks Creon mostly because he thought a man committed the crime; “I swear by God and by the throne of God, The man who has done this will pay!” (823). Antigone went against the typical behavior of a woman and took a stand for what she believes in. If she was going to die, she thought, she might as well die with honor; “I knew I must die, even without your decree. I am only mortal. And if I must die now, before it is my time to die, surely this is no hardship,” (827). Even though at the end of the play Antigone gets sentenced to lifetime in a cave, she shows it does not matter the gender; anyone is can stand up for what they believe

Throughout the play, Antigone is contradicted by her sister Ismene. Where Antigone is stubborn and hardheaded, Ismene is more obedient; Where Antigone is not afraid of going against the roles set for her gender, Ismene believes that they should be followed. When Antigone tells her sister of her plans to continue with Polyneices’ burial despite Creon’s orders, Ismene tries to reason with her, saying that because they are women, they shouldn’t disobey Creon’s proclamation. The equal value placed upon the views of both women is expressed in Antigone’s conversation with Ismene, in which she tells her sister “to those who agree with each, each of us was right,” (685-687). The play points out that at times, being obedient to the law even if one does not agree to it may be wiser than being stubborn and hard headed, even if it’s for a good

  The dilemma of identifying the true hero, or heroine, of Sophocles’ Antigone has tortured students for years. It is indeed a difficult decision to make. The basis for this decision is what the reader perceives to be Sophocles’ dramatic issue in this play. The dramatic issue of the play is twofold: Antigone is a fanatic who is driven by her religious fever to bury the body of her criminal brother, Polyneices, against the edict of Creon. In the second part, Sophocles shows how the new King Creon’s refusal to change his decision in the face of adversity is admirable, but at the same time his political morals end up destroying his family. His fall from grace is tragic, whereas Antigone's fall is

Aristotle believed that a tragic hero was a character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to the downfall of that character. Both characters in Sophocles’ play Antigone can arguably fulfill that role. Antigone follows up on Oedipus’ daughter, Antigone, and his brother-in-law/ uncle, Creon, as these two characters spend a majority of the play in conflict with each other. Creon, now ruler of Thebes, has declared a decree that Polyneices, Antigone’s exiled brother, would be not deserving of a burial. On the other hand, Antigone made a promise that she would honor her brother and rebels against Creon to fulfill her promise. Antigone as the protagonist of the play has a tragic ending and is a sympathetic character, however, Creon is

Antigone is a great Greek tragedy written by Sophocles. The story is about a young woman who buries her brother by breaking the king’s decree, and now she has to be taught a lesson for breaking Creon’s word. The king is greedy and cruel. The main character, Antigone, shows that she is faithful and an independent woman. Ismene, Antigone’s sister, is quite the opposite. Unlike Antigone, she is earnest. The characters in Antigone have quite the different personalities.

What is a tragic hero? A tragic hero is someone who was well respected, but their tragic flaw led to their fall. In Sophocles’ Antigone, it could be argued that either Creon or Antigone is the tragic hero. I argue Creon is the tragic hero in this play. Antigone has the main character as Antigone the daughter of the famous Oedipus, who married his mother and killed his father. At the beginning of the play Oedipus has died and Antigone’s power hungry brothers have killed each other, Polynices being made as a traitor and left unburied, worthless. Antigone’s sister, Ismene, is her only sibling left, though she is one to follow the rules. Antigone plans to bury her brother even though Creon has forbid it, this is where the conflict begins.

Antigone is a tense play with many characters finding themselves at conflict with everyone else. Our main character Antigone finds is posed as an admirible individual for her to loyalty towards her brother polyneices that she broke the forbidden law. While Creon is a repugnant character for his stubborn, arrogant, and unsympathetic ways.

The play is written so that the main character is a strong powerful heroine. The first character is a shy but brave women named Antigone. “…Antigone is scrawny, sallow, withdrawn, and recalcitrant brat” (Sparknotes). One she has a goal and she plans on following through with it regardless of what her sister or anyone has to say about it. She finds out that her brother, Polyneices, was killed and insists on burying him. But due to the law that Creon set into place she was told not to. Not listening she goes behind their back and buries him but sadly she is found while doing so.

Antigone is very proud and noble but she contains flaws and blemishes that limit her success. She obtains lots of pride but this can only get her so far and all it did was get her in more trouble. When she admitted that it was her who buried Polynieces it opened up a world of inconvenience and only made the situation worse. All she had to do was deny it was her but she wanted to die with honor. This alter led to her and Haimon in the hands of the dead.

(3). Additionally, when Ismene refuses to help with burial, Antigone is not fazed as she is still as determined as before and maybe even more. This shows how she is a strong woman regardless of what anyone says, even if it’s her beloved sister. Ismene tries to convince her to not carry on with the plan saying that woman are too weak to overpower a king’s laws, yet Antigone states: “I know that those approve whom I need most to please”(4). This means that she is doing this not for selfish reasons but because its what he gods want, showing true heroism, which emphasizes her strong character.

Despite being written in an ancient patriarchal society that viewed women as the weaker sex, the character of Antigone defies her role as a female. Instead of quietly submitting to Creon after he gives his decree about burying Polynices, Antigone states, “he has no right to keep me from my own” (49). She buries Polynices by herself even after Ismene warns her of the consequences and that she is a woman, and therefore shouldn’t fight men who are naturally more powerful than her. Throughout the play, Antigone doesn’t show “womanly” characteristics; she is stubborn and prideful. She backtalks and scoffs at Ismene and Creon, a male to whom she is supposed to be reverent and respectful. Because she is so single-minded, she inadvertently destroys her life and the lives of the people around her.

In the play, Antigone, one of the main characters made some life-changing decisions that would end up leading to sacrificing her own life. This main character being Antigone. In this tragic play, it evidently seems as if she is portrayed as someone who is different from everyone else. Unlike the rest of the characters, she is an independent woman and is beautiful in her own unique way, however, she has made some costly mistakes, which is always found to be startling; although she utilizes herself to bring her the peace she ironically needs. Subsequently, one may think that her actions speak in regards to her gruesome character, but essentially, she is the ultimate true hero in this case. Antigone gets numerous attention for what she wrongly did, but she represents the feminine law of the household, as well as, showing her defiance toward Creon’s laws and her tragedy will rest, but will more importantly reflect on her rebellion to not give up on her spirit.