Creon's Motivation In Antigone
Antigone
“No- there’s nothing shameful in honouring my mother’s children” Antigone said to Creon. “You had a brother killed fighting for the other side” Creon blurted(581-583). Antigone’s word, actions, and ideas contrast with Creon’s character to the point of these two characters having conflicting motivations. These conflicting motivations cause the characteristics of disrespect, rude, and stubbornness to be highlighted within Creon’s character. Ultimately, these conflicting motivations develop Creon as the tragic hero because he is too noble to back down and draw back the law he had put out. Creon’s interactions advances the plot and develop the theme by him standing next to his word and basically killing Antigone because she chose to disobey …show more content…
We see evidence from the text when Creon says “Then go down to the dead. If you must love, love them. No woman’s going to govern me -- No, no-- not while I’m alive.”(589-601). This evidence supports my claim because it shows that he doesn’t care. He’s very power hungry. He doesn’t care about what happens to anyone just as long as he’s still in power. He’s very selfish. He doesn’t do for the people & that he’s only about himself.
Creon’s character is developed as a tragic hero when Antigone says “ But the one who died was not some slave—it was his own brother.” We see evidence from the text when Creon was basically saying that Polyneices was trying to destroy Thebes when all he wanted was to be king but his brother was trying to take over. This evidence supports my claim because all of this was over Polyneices not being buried how the other brother was buried.
The character actions between Antigone and Creon advance the plot when Antigone hangs herself and Haemon sees her body there just hanging . We see evidence from the text when Creon walks into the tomb and sees Haemon knelt down on his knees next to Antigone crying. This evidence supports my claim because the old Prophet told Creon that someone in the family was going to die if he didn’t free
“No- there’s nothing shameful in honouring my mother’s children” Antigone said to Creon. “You had a brother killed fighting for the other side” Creon blurted(581-583). Antigone’s word, actions, and ideas contrast with Creon’s character to the point of these two characters having conflicting motivations. These conflicting motivations cause the characteristics of disrespect, rude, and stubbornness to be highlighted within Creon’s character. Ultimately, these conflicting motivations develop Creon as the tragic hero because he is too noble to back down and draw back the law he had put out. Creon’s interactions advances the plot and develop the theme by him standing next to his word and basically killing Antigone because she chose to disobey …show more content…
We see evidence from the text when Creon says “Then go down to the dead. If you must love, love them. No woman’s going to govern me -- No, no-- not while I’m alive.”(589-601). This evidence supports my claim because it shows that he doesn’t care. He’s very power hungry. He doesn’t care about what happens to anyone just as long as he’s still in power. He’s very selfish. He doesn’t do for the people & that he’s only about himself.
Creon’s character is developed as a tragic hero when Antigone says “ But the one who died was not some slave—it was his own brother.” We see evidence from the text when Creon was basically saying that Polyneices was trying to destroy Thebes when all he wanted was to be king but his brother was trying to take over. This evidence supports my claim because all of this was over Polyneices not being buried how the other brother was buried.
The character actions between Antigone and Creon advance the plot when Antigone hangs herself and Haemon sees her body there just hanging . We see evidence from the text when Creon walks into the tomb and sees Haemon knelt down on his knees next to Antigone crying. This evidence supports my claim because the old Prophet told Creon that someone in the family was going to die if he didn’t free