How Does Creon Use Power In Antigone

The first specification for the tragic hero is one of the few that both Antigone and Creon exhibit; both characters are between the extremes of perfect morality and pure villainy. Antigone’s moral neutrality is illustrated through her noble intentions and the unorthodox way she acts upon them. When she is confronted by Creon and demanded to give an explanation for her disobedience, Antigone says, “For me it was not Zeus who made that order. Nor did that Justice who lives with the gods below mark out such laws to hold among mankind” (Sophocles 207 ll. 450-2). Along with love and loyalty to her brother, Antigone is largely motivated by her desire for justice and appeasement of the gods. While her intentions are noble, Antigone’s actions in the

In Antigone, Sophocles introduces the struggle between loyalty to civil law versus familial loyalty and divine law, which is a central conflict in the play. Antigone has a firm belief in upholding family values and honoring the gods and deceased by burying her brother. In contrast, Creon wants to do what is best for the city which is, in his opinion, forbidding the burial of Polynices. Both Antigone and Creon believe that their point of view is more important, and neither is willing to change perspective, causing the chain of destructive events in the plot. Loyalty causes the deadly dispute between Antigone and Creon because of their conflicting perspectives about precedence.

One has the capability to determine from right and wrong and having the determination to stand up for what one believes in, no matter what the price is. In Sophocles’ Antigone, a written dramatic play, Sophocles portrays the theme that at times of one’s life, it is necessary to follow moral law and ignore political law. In the play, a determined and courageous woman named Antigone is loyal to her beloved brother by granting him a proper burial and having to suffer the consequences for revolting. Throughout Antigone, several incidents occurred where the political law was of no importance to the individual. Conflicts between Antigone and Ismene and then with Creon and Antigone are examples of the theme. The theme also ties with the

In this play, Sphocles demonstrates the idea that stubbornness leads to ruin by making an example of Creon and Antigone. Creon ends up losing everything important to him because of his stubbornness. For example, both his son and his wife kill themselves and it is his fault. If he would have just changed his edict or forgiven Antigone, then his family wouldn't be dead. Antigone also loses everything that's important to her because of her stubbornness. In fact, she loses her life over her stubbornness. If Antigone wouldn't have been stubborn she wouldn't have given her brother a proper burial. Therefore she would have no reason to die.

In the play Antigone, written by Greek playwright Sophocles, loyalty to family seems to be a recurring theme. We first see it when Antigone defies King Creon's order to keep her brother, Polynices, unburied as a punishment for his betrayal of their country Thebes. We also see how Antigone's sister, Ismene, accepts partial blame for the burial (even though she refused to actually do it) in an affectionate, loyal act. Creon is also family (their father's brother), but he, however, betrays this family trust and loyalty when he sentences Antigone to death for disobeying his law. There are, however, repercussions for this death sentence, that prove that there are two central tragic heroes in this play. She is

Sometimes the reason you hate someone so much is because they are so much like you. Antigone is a play by Sophocles about a tragic family that is filled with betrayal, anger, regret, and sorrowness. I have come up with some ways that Antigone is like Creon. Throughout the story there are quotes that make Antigone act just like Creon.

In his play Antigone, Sophocles shows the quality of “unshakable willpower” differently in each character through their behavior. He makes it clear to the audience that the character’s actions are either a virtue or a flaw. Creon, Antigone, and Haemon are characters who have differences, but are alike through their unshakable willpower. Creon is obstinate in his refusal to change his law and wants all of the people following through with his authority. Antigone’s constant willpower towards the burial of her brother proves how much she believes in this rite and will not stop until it is finished. Haemon displays loyalty towards Antigone and will do anything that stops her from being punished by Creon. In Sophocles’ play, Antigone, he expresses the tragic view of unshakable willpower through Creon’s stubbornness,

Tradedy befalls from ignorance and suspicion. In Burial of Thebes, a version of by Seamus Heaney, Antigone goes against the civil law, and follows her heart. She goes out of her way to give her bother, Polyneices, a proper burial after a war in their homeland of Thebes. The king, Creon prohibits the burial since Polyneices was seen as an enemy. Creon is in a quest for absolute power accuses the Sentry of greed, Antigone and Ismene of lust for power, and his last son, Haimon, of being a fool in love. However, Creon is the criminal and the fool himself. A good leader is someoneone who the people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Creon distunighs him as the ultimate ruler and

Legitimate power might lead to people having to do tough decisions in order to maintain and do the responsibilities that come with the power of being king. Creon is willing to kill his niece in order to maintain the roles that come with king. One of them is to keep and maintaining order. In order to this it is necessary to practice the law and show the public that no one is above it, not even the daughter of the former king. The reward of doing this is having subordinate citizens.

The play Antigone was written around 441 b.c. It demonstrates how a man became the king of Thebes and that his nephew, Polyneices, was killed in a fight to have the throne of the city. Since both of the brothers in line for the throne were killed, Creon, Polyneices and Eteocles’’ uncle, went on to receive the throne for himself and said that he will show that he is loyal to the city be being strict to his rules he set. Polyneices went against the city and for that, he was not allowed to be buried. His sister, Antigone, felt that he should be buried and decided to do it little by little.

Antigone shows an indestructible fortitude to sacrifice herself for a belief. Antigone’s leading flaw is hubris, or excessive pride. She couldn’t see any side except her own. To her, burying Polynices is an essential thing. She doesn't consider how it will impact Ismene, who attempts to persuade her to follow Creon's instructions. She also doesn't consider how it might impact Haemon. All the way through, we observe Antigone’s individuality and bravery when she opposes Creon.

The Laws of Tradition are more important than The Laws of the state. Antigone has a choice to break the law of her religion or break the law of Creon. Her religion would say that it is against the law to not bury polyneices but it would be against Creon’s law to bury polyneices. The laws of the gods are more important to Antigone than the laws of Creon. Antigone wants Ismene to go with her to bury their brother, but Ismene doesn’t want to Creon to kill her.

People that are seduced by hate and darkness, that have power, use their power in dark, negative, vindictive ways. Power can have a negative effect on others when people use it in a controlling or dictating way. Power can influence people in a negative way. When people are influenced by this negativity it turns them into dictators. These dictators use their power to force people, under their rule, to do their bidding.

For instance, Antigone had many chances to obey the law or her own familial bonds. Antigone chooses to obey family, and bury Polynices even though burying breaks Creon's law. Antigone pleads to Ismene to help, when she says no, Antigone responds, “But as for me/ I will bury the brother I love” (Prologue. 192). Antigone is willing to break Creon's authority as a family means much more to her, this presents her as selfless. Along with breaking the law, Antigone also risks execution for that crime. Once Antigone learns of her punishment after Creon discovers her, she decides if burying her brother was worth it. After Creon warns Antigone again she says, “This death of mine/ is of no importance; but if I had left my brother/ lying in death unburied, I should have suffered. / Now I do not” (Scene II. 208). Antigone shows the courage that even death won't scare her from her goals. Antigone chooses family, even in the face of the capital punishment. Sophocles show Antigone as a lion-hearted being by denouncing Creon’s will and burying her brother. Through Antigone’s actions, Sophocles show how he favors family over authority.

In the tragedy, Antigone, written by Sophocles, Antigone, a young female, goes against the social norms of society and disobeys the ruler, Creon, a strong male figure. Creon banned Antigone’s brother from getting buried because he was an enemy to society and a dead man is still an enemy; Antigone felt this was unfair because according to the higher powers, the gods, all men should be buried. As a woman in her society, Antigone has the role of just being there for show and she was not supposed to speak out for what she believed was right or by any means go against a male. Antigone, going against Creon's rules, says to him, “But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall