Creon Essay

In Symposium by Plato, a group of men gather around to seek one’s full understanding of the underestimated reasons of Love. Despite having different occupations, they all seem to agree on their views of love except for Socrates. Socrates communicates that Love is a god, and then decides to add that he came to his conclusion with the help of a woman named Diotima. Although their views of love are similar, they are also different and can be seen through another philosopher’s stories; Antigone and Oedipus

A: Setting: The setting of Antigone is the mythical past of ancient Greece. It is taken place in Thebes near Athens. The story itself though is written around 441 B.C. What’s so important about this setting is it was the first of its kind to be set in Athens due to them not being able to have their plays set in Athens. The front of the palace of Thebes is a great place for majority of the play to be taken place due to the irony that both Antigone’s mother and brother both had fatal incidents here

how Antigone and Creon were similar. For example, in the article the author talks about how Antigone and Creon both isolate themselves from their family. It is also mentioned in the article how both Creon and Antigone accuse each other of being wrong which I find ironic because both characters always believed to be right due to their high egos. It is also mentioned that Antigone immediately identifies herself as a hero girl giving more reasons to why she is so egocentric. Creon tries to destroy his

Thebes. Creon, the new king, only honors and buries one, Eteocles. Creon bans anyone from burying the other brother, Polyneices but Antigone decides that she will in order to honor her brother. Creon gives two speeches, one about how he’s going to rule and how he forbids anyone from burying Polyneices, and another about bribery and how money corrupts people. He says that money is the reason someone has betrayed him by burying Polyneices. In Antigone, Sophocles uses the characterization of Creon to reveal

control of Thebes. After both brothers were killed in the war, Creon becomes king, and orders that Polyneices, the brother on the opposing side, not receive a proper burial. This decree leads Antigone to ignore Creon in order to give Polyneices the burial the Gods require. Antigone is convicted, and condemned to be buried alive in a cave, but the result harms Creon. People often follow passion rather than requirement, as exemplified by Creon and Antigone; however, this often ends with disastrous consequences

In the play Antigone, there is a conflict between Creon and Antigone over which principle of law to comply with in regards to Antigone attempting to bury her brother, the law of the state or the law of God. It is a dispute between a human law and law of the Gods. Antigone believes in following God’s laws, even if it signifies transgressing the law of the state, a law set by Creon, which states that Antigone’s brother Polyneices is not to have a burial and no one can touch his corpse. Antigone

motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by emphasizing the characteristics that all tragic heroes must have. His interactions with Antigone develops the theme by showing their distinct views. Creon’s character is developed as a tragic hero when Antigone goes and buries her brother, Polyneices, even though she was told not to. This situation brought out many characteristics of

Conflicts in Antigone and Lysistrata   In Antigone and Lysistrata the tension between the polis and oikos is reflected in different ways. Antigone prioritizes oikos over polis, while Creon prioritizes polis over oikos. The men in Lysistrata favor fighting for the state over being at home while the women want their husbands with them instead of being at the war. We find ample evidence of different conflicts and similarities in both plays, but the male's prioritizing polis over oikos and the

Polyneices's attack removes Eteocles from power and promotes Creon to power.

The play is called Antigone and it is by Sophocles. In this play character interaction is crucial to creon as he grows as a tragic hero. As creon is involved with his son Haemon his contrasting motivations show creon his misjudgments which leads him to his downfall. Haemon did not mean to disrespect his father but creon was disappointed in him because of the death of antigone. He shows lack of judgement and shows his problems with law and power. Haemon played a big role in the play antigone