Power In Anitigone And King Creon

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.

Power can change people in a way that is incomprehensible either for good or for evil. Power can make one so greedy that someone will do anything for it and won’t let anyone, or thing stand in their way. Macbeth by William Shakespeare portrays both the positive and negative uses on Power through the main characters. Macbeth’s greed of power allowed him to exercise abuse and ultimately he was corrupted and destroyed by power. Lady Macbeth used power in a positive way but her ultimate goal was domination of the Crown. Shakespeare uses dialogue and symbolism to allow his readers to engage with his mood and therefore the concepts of power.

Adversity; difficulties;misfortune, we experience adversity in many ways, in many different circumstances. Power causes division and spiteful behavior, although it may be viewed as a great thing to have. Power is reflected throughout history, present time, and even reflected in books, we've always faced problems with power. During the Industrial revolution, through the Factory owners, controlling many workers. Seen in present time with man taking advantage of others because of status. Finally it can even be seen in books such as The bean Trees, which is able to show a great representation of how power causes distress, rage, and can even causes backlash from many. Not having power may mean you don't have much decision making nor capability to do somethings. Many want to change their situation because where is the fun in being powerless. Adversity leads to rebellious

Power. Such a small word with a big meaning that could possibly change a society. When someone is to gain more and more power, the more likely it is for them to over see why they have power in the first place. Power has a negative effect on others because it can be used to affect someone's life and can cause diversity through fear in a society.

To have “power” means that one has authority, and having authority gives you the right to control or command, but for many, receiving a surplus of power and authority strips them of their morals and corrupts them. Sophocles uses Creon in Antigone as an example of the side effects of gaining power. Due to an abundance of power, Creon’s character goes through a metamorphosis in which he becomes a corrupted person. Creon becomes unrecognizable after becoming King and his character transitions to personify all the evil that comes along with gaining a large amount of power. Sophocles uses Creon’s character to convey that power causes one to believe that they are above everyone and everything else, including the laws of the gods, and leads them to

Haemon (King Creon's son, pleading for the life of his fiancee and Creon's niece, Antigone, who has violated the king's law: "A State for one man is no State at all." The heart of the tragedy lies in Antigone's free admission that she committed the act she buried her brother's body in disobedience of King Creon's edict that the body was to remain untouched.

Power is a negative concept that turns people against each other if power is used in a wrong way.

Having power, whether it is authority, physical, godlike, or monetary, plays an important role in many situations. In these myths, the individuals can be positively or negatively affected by this power. In the myth, Theseus, we can see how individuals with power, like Theseus himself, use their abilities responsibly to aid others. We also can see from the myth Adventure of Odysseus, Odysseus himself use his powers similarly however more responsibly then Theseus. Although some individuals in these myths let their power negatively affect them by letting them use it to hinder or deceive another person, other individuals with power let it affect them positively by using it to help and protect others.

In Sophocles’s Story Antigone, the protagonist, Antigone has just learned that her two brothers have been killed in battle. One of them (Eteocles) received full military honors, and another (Polynesis) was named a traitor and was left to rot. Antigone wishes to bury her dead brother, despite Creon’s law, and the social norm of women being seen as property. Creon is insensitive, power abusive, and a leader who is naive about the obvious truth. These three deadly attributes are a recipe for disaster, and result in the destruction of the royal family, and his favor with the Gods.

When one is given excessive power it will bring a realm of destruction for everyone around them. While reading Antigone one can conclude. People with power have negative effects on others because they let the power go to their heads.

Power can allow the person in charge to evoke fear to get people to do what they want. Here is an example from the play, Antigone, When King Creon uses fear to get his people to do what he wants. Another example is from the game, Infamous: Second Son, the head of the D.U.P., Augustine uses fear to get people of Seattle to turn in Conduits(people with abnormal abilities (powers) that normal people feared). Power in the wrong hands allows leaders to do whatever they want with no one stopping them. Power in the wrong hands has death in it. Power in the wrong hands also has violence written

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power” - Abraham Lincoln. Power has a negative impact on communities, country's, cities, people and others.

The quest of power can change the way a person perceives things in life. It can completely change and influence the way someone behaves and their faculty on life. Power can lead to corruption of the mind and insanity in the wrong hands. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, there was a character that had desired power and knowledge but had taken his curiosity too far in an attempt to change the world. He had created something that he would regret forever. There are many characters that seek to free themselves from the power of others and desire to gain power over others. Shelley uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of work on those certain people with their determination. A great amount of strength and power of a person can lead to thoughts

How does power impact a society? I read yertle the turtle. I think that this book answers this question perfectly. Power affects the whole society in this book when yertle the turtle forced everyone in town to stack on top of each other and stay there for days. This impacted that whole society because they were all forced to be stacked on top of each other just so yertle could be satisfied.

The way a society is run and how things are enforced also can cause negative feelings towards power. It can cause many to rebel if they feel that a leader has too much control, and it can also make people covet and desire such strength leaders have. In Julius Caesar, Cassius