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How Does Creon Use Power In Antigone

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Power, a tool, a quality, an influence over others, in other words, a sense of control. In relation to this, those that are given or even earned a great amount of power should use it moderately. In the world we live in today, many “leaders” use their power negatively, resulting in unfairness to others.
Our past, for instance, shows us how one in high power can use their potential in a negative or an unfairly way. In the play, Antigone, the former King Creon, uses his power in a relentless way by punishing Antigone with death all because of the burial of her brother. As Creon spoke arrogantly to Antigone, not only denying the fact that what Antigone had done for her brother was somewhat justified, he ruthlessly displayed his

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