In both plays Creon is of high social status. In Antigone he is the king of Thebes. In Oedipus the King he is the brother in law to Oedipus and becomes king at the end of the play. In Antigone‚ Creon is portrayed as a main character as the plot revolves around him and his decisions as he is the King of Thebes. In this play Creon’s character is irrational‚ as he does not obey the Laws of the Gods by sentencing his son’s fiancée to a slow death‚ ’she’ll never escape‚ she and her blood sister‚ the
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Similarities between Creon and Antigone In Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ Creon was engaged in a conflict with Oedipus’ daughter Antigone. Creon and Antigone did not see eye-to-eye the entire play due to extreme differences. Creon and Antigone had many similarities despite their enormous discrepancies. Having as many differences as they did‚ it made them uniquely similar in numerous ways. The similarities that Antigone and Creon shared were independence‚ loyalty toward their views‚ cruelty and arrogance
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brought him to commit a grave mistake that led him to a road of misery? How would that same witness feel towards him now? In Sophocles’ Greek tragedy‚ Antigone‚ the antagonist‚ King Creon‚ undergoes this exact scenario. Another word for a character that experiences the following events is known as a tragic hero. Creon is the tragic hero of this play because of his flaw of hubris‚ his hamartia‚ and because of his rapid transition from being a great
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Creon‚ the King of Thebes‚ and Bernarda‚ who is the head of her household are the most powerful characters in their plays. Both characters want to have complete control over everything and everyone around them; however both suffer losses as a result of their attitudes and use of power. The main difference between Creon and Bernarda is how they react to these losses and to the challenges to their authority. It is this aspect which the essay will explore. The House of Bernarda has an interesting
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Antigone believes in the higher laws of religion and tradition‚ Creon the new ruler of Thebes solely by default as being the next of kin in the bloodline ‚references the laws of the land as the only laws that are standard and followed and I believe rightfully so.As both characters within this tragic story struggle to honor each brother‚ they methodically lay down their views and fundamentally force you to make a choice of which character has made the right decision in honor of both slain siblings‚
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Though they seem like complete opposites‚ Creon and Antigone are actually alike. Sometimes when people are too much alike they seem to clash‚ just like Antigone and Creon do. They are both characters that think greatly of obedience‚ yet neither subordinate themselves concocting contradiction. Sophocles contradicted himself to develop stubbornness and manipulation in his characters‚ creating suspenseful plays. Sophocles wrote many plays‚ and each one has it’s own set of irony creating themes of contradiction
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readers are deceived by the title. Most readers assume that the title character is the tragic heroine of the drama. In actuality‚ Creon fills the description of a tragic hero better than Antigone in many ways. A tragic hero is defined as one who is of royal lineage‚ a flaw in character‚ and not exceedingly just. Creon is clearly the unremitting yet capricious tragic hero that Sophocle’s creates to model the classic tragic hero. Creon‚ King of Thebes‚ was not born of royal blood. Regardless‚ his sovreign
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issues. Creon decisions and choices were influenced by his inexperience in leadership. His forceful style leads him straight to disaster which results in losing his son and wife. This disaster was a direct result of his decision to kill Antigone for disobeying his edict regarding the forbidden burial of her brother‚ Polyneices. He believed his rules were superior‚ even to those unwritten statues of the God ’s which Antigone was committed. In his attempts to justify himself to the other characters‚ he
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killing his father and marrying his mother. Antigone is about a woman who has buried her brother against her king’s orders. Imprisoned in a cave as punishment‚ she proceeds to kill herself. Two of the rulers of the city of Thebes were Oedipus and Creon. In the two stories that depict these kings‚ many similarities arise in the areas of their hubris‚ their unmitigated disregard for Teiresias‚ and the rationalization of their fate of whose hands they have fallen victim to. Hubris is fully depicted
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opinion on whose laws she is justified to follow. Antigone’s persona contrasts with Creon’s character ultimately due to their conflicting motivations about which laws should be followed: the word of the gods‚ or the laws of man.These conflicting motivations the characteristics of unreasonableness‚ anger‚ and disrespect to be highlighted within Creon’s character. In the end‚ these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by ensuing his stubbornness‚ and damaging his pride. Antigone and Creon’s
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