Why Is Creon Wrong

Antigone ignores the idea of civic responsibility and puts her family first. Her family is more important to her than the law because she finds religion more powerful than Creon. “The ancient Greeks were polytheistic, they believed in many different gods and goddesses. The Greeks believed that these gods and goddesses controlled everything, from the waves in the ocean to the winner of a race.” (Richmond)

Humanity is often faced with ambivalence towards law; at once, we find it a necessity in attempting to deal with a world which is constantly in some type of chaotic turmoil, and also as a glaring flaw in our society, which can at times result in more chaos than was originally had. This conflict is no more obvious than in Sophocles’ Antigone. Antigone, the character, represents half of the struggle between what the law says is just and what we inherently deem to be morally upstanding – Creon represents the opposing side which views law and power as the ultimate dictator of life’s unraveling. Though Antigone is ultimately thwarted, she is on the side of justice rather than blindly following the law. Antigone’s empathy while breaking the law

Antigone is a play written by Sophocles. The genre of the play that Sophocles wrote was based on tragedy. It is one of the first plays that use tragedy. In the play a young girl named Antigone, stands up against her uncle Creon who is the king. She stands up for her rights, so that she can give a religious burial to Polynices. She was a girl with a lot of will power. This essay talks about the relationship between Antigone and Creon. This essay would contain paragraphs where there would be comparisons between Antigone and Creon’s Relationship.

       In the play Creon makes the key decision to place a decree stating that Polyneices was to be left unburied for betraying his country and anyone that attempted to bury him will face punishment. “As long as I am King, no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man” (Scene 1, Lines 174-178). This quote displays that Creon is a man of his word and is able to make key decisions. Creon says that a man who does good has his respect and a man that betrays his country will never be respected. Creon demonstrates the protagonist by not only making key decisions, but affecting the circumstances of the story.

Creon is the king of an abroad place called Thebes, in Sophocles play Antigone. Creon doesn’t want Antigone’s brother to have a proper burial, because he was a traitor. Antigone’s brother was considered a traitor because he had attacked his own city Thebes. What that means is that if you had a proper burial in Thebes you would have a great afterlife.The two main people that are fighting for his proper burial are Antigone and her sister Ismene. It takes a long period of time for Creon to realize that he just has to let go sometimes, but within that time he has caused a lot of harm the people around him. Which is why I highly believe that Creon is a person that is responsible for a specific trouble or harm.

Creon, the leader who wanted to kill his niece, because she wanted to bury her brother. Antigone will bury her brother, although she knows that Creon’s laws must be obeyed. Creon doesn’t see women strong enough to stand against him. Creon said,“ Whoever is chosen to govern should be obeyed, must be obeyed in all things, great and small, just and unjust “. Creon rejects the rules laid down by the gods. Creon decided to punish everyone who will not obey his law, even if it means having his own niece killed for

The play Antigone by Sophocles is a play like no other. There are three major themes or ideas which have a very important role in the play. The first major theme is fate, on how the play comes about and the turn of events that come about throughout it. Another main theme or idea is the pride the characters have and their unwillingness they have to change their minds once they are set on something. The last major theme is loyalty and the practical problem of conduct involving which is a higher law between the divine laws and those of the humans. It is an issue of which law is the "right" law, and if Creon and Antigone's acts are justifiable or not. The issues that Antigone and Creon have between them

Tragedian, Sophocles, in his play, Antigone, illustrates a controversial decision regarding a lack of burial for a former prince of Thebes. Sophocles’ purpose is to convey the idea that, when people are arrogant and only consider one perspective, they do not take other people’s opinions into account because they believe that their own perspective to be superior to any other that anyone else could create. This may render them incapable of understanding any flaws that may exist in their thinking until they have already faced the consequences of those flaws. Sophocles adopts an assertive tone in order to appeal to similar feeling and experiences in his audience, the Greeks of the fifth century BC. In Sophocles’ play, Antigone, Creon demonstrates excessive pride in himself by refusing to listen to the respected elders of Thebes and the renowned wise prophet Tiresias. Creon’s rash decisions throughout the tragedy eventually led to terrible consequences before he was able to make amends to them. These consequences include the deaths of his loved ones, as well as the grief that comes from suffering those losses.

Despite knowing that this defies the rules of Creon, she does it anyway. She believes her uncle Creon only cares about his rule and power over his people, but she believes in gratifying the gods and following their divine laws. She believes that doing so sanctioned one to have an appropriate subsistence in the afterlife. She chooses complying with the laws of the gods, and disobeying the man-made rules of her uncle.

This search for justice brought a lot of people together in unity to prevent Antigone from being killed. Haemon, for instance, tells his father how the city of Thebes feels sympathy for Antigone because she did a very kind and just act in burying her brother. “But I from the shadows hear them: hear a city’s sympathy for this girl, because no woman ever faced so unreasonable, so cruel a death, for such a generous cause,” (222). The city of Thebes is actually praising Antigone for being so kind in burying her brother, a just act. “‘Should not her name be writ in gold?’ they say,” (222). Antigone’s search for justice made people side against Creon and want him to change his mind, for Antigone does not deserve to die for such a sweet act. Creon views Antigone as a criminal, whereas Thebes views otherwise, “The whole Thebes says ‘no,’” (223). A kind and generous act, such as the burial of Polyneices, becomes to disaster when Haemon commits suicide because Antigone, his bride to be, kills herself. Then Creon’s wife Eurydice also kills herself as a result of her son, Haemon’s death. Those events would not have taken place if justice was served in the first place, and Creon would have seen the good in Antigone’s

Without the events of the play Creon would have gone on being stubborn for the entirety of his life. Who knows how many ignorant decisions he would have gone on making, just like ones demonstrated in the play? Even Antigone would have gone on fighting on hills that were not her’s to fight on. What moral compass would any character have had if they had no one to worship? Creon may have very well done much worse then he accomplished in this piece. He may have ended more lives than were lost in

The characters Creon and Antigone, from Sophocles’ Antigone, act as cautionary figures for the audience as they warn against the intense belief in and dedication to a single perspective, as doing so leads to a certain lack of malleability that is detrimental to maintaining a fully functioning society. The onlookers of this play, the Athenian people, come to naturally notice the benefits of remaining within the middle ground between beliefs such as those that Creon and Antigone stood for. The unfortunate events that follow these characters actions accentuate the need for balance between the two components that influence societal laws; these elements become understood as the heavenly or divine laws of the gods, and the written or state laws

In the story, even though Antigone loses her life for breaking a law, she leaves the lawmaker, Creon, a broken man who is unlikely to ever create so unjust a law throughout the remainder of his reign (Anouilh Antigone 61). Even though this tragedy ends on a bitter note, justice was restored to a kingdom by Antigone refusing to back down. Antigone, by being brave and breaking the law, causes Ismene to also want to rebel and bring justice to Polynices (Anouilh Antigone 49). This spread of rebellion is just what Creon feared, and it reinforces the fact that he would have to address the problem that is Antigone. Through the conscientious objection of individuals like Antigone through the breaking of unjust laws, society will eventually change these laws in the future and promote the growth of the

This tragedy was to be expected because of Antigone and Creon’s personalities. Antigone is stubborn and rebellious. She loved her brother, Polynices, deeply and was devastated when he died. Creon used brute divine right to punish Antigone by not allowing Polynices to be buried, devastating her even further. I feel that both characters were wrong. Antigone loved her brother and I’m sure she made that perfectly clear whilst he was alive. Because of this, Antigone should not have risked her life to defend her brother’s

Creon meant to clarify to his son that anyone who commits a crime should be punished - even if the criminal is a member of one's family. Creon's doctrine says that once the state decides something, the law applies to everybody. Therefore, he sees no alternative other than to leave the body unburied for the state. Creon would do anything for the sake of the community whereas Antigone is devoted to her family. The situations mentioned above create tensions in the play because Antigone and Creon are bi-polar in their beliefs.