Sophocles’ main characters Antigone and Creon are both similar and diverse in which they could qualify as tragic heroes. Antigone and Creon have very many similar traits that could qualify them both as tragic heroes. Creon demonstrates excessive pride by declaring that “He would never have any dealings with an enemy of the people” (1.26-27 Sophocles). Creon only wanted Antigone to be an enemy of the people to allow his pride to stand strong. Even though Creon had sent down the orders to lay Antigione‘s
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Thebes to be ruled by Jocasta’s brother Creon‚
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Antigone’s obdurance causes her to loose reverence for Creon inspite of all he has put her family through. While trying to please both the gods and herself‚ Antigone portrays how the inevitable fate of losing her family overshadows her reason to live. Theme #2: Fighting for justice to provide her brother with a proper burial‚ Antigone tries to use her determination as another factor to end her life. Antigone’s confidence allows her to stand up to Creon and demand her rights knowing the possible consequences
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the city or state (polis) plays in Antigone and Oedipus The King. Antigone is a play about the tension caused when two individuals have conflicting claims regarding law. In this case‚ the moral superiority of the laws of the city‚ represented by Creon‚ and the laws of the gods‚ represented bt Antigone. In contrast‚ Oedipus The King is driven by the tensions within Oedipus himself. That play both begins and concludes within the public domain‚ the plot being driven by the plague that troubles the
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the city of Thebes‚ Creon‚ who both have different beliefs about Antigone’s dead brother Polyneices. Creon makes a rule that no one can bury Polyneices because he was a traitor to the city and attacked it with an enemy army. So as an insult to him‚ he will not permit his burial. Antigone‚ on the other hand‚ believes that even though what he did is wrong‚ that family is family and she has a right to bury him. She does so‚ defying Creon’s law‚ but gets caught in the act and Creon sentences her to death
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family from any further embarrassment from their corrupted family history. Creon declares a law to his city that Polynices should not be buried. Those who do not obey his law will be publicly stoned. Guard saw Antigone burying Polynices which was forbidden according to Creon’s law. However‚ Creon thinks that he was bribed and will thus be killed if he doesn’t find Antigone. Guard finds Antigone and brings her to Creon to be judged for her works. Antigone confesses that
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wrong is based purely on ones judgment and perspective. Staying true to personal beliefs and morals can sometimes be problematic to retain when conflicting with the written law. In Antigone by Sophocles‚ Antigone disregards the decree of her uncle Creon‚ King of Thebes‚ which forbids anybody to bury Antigone’s brother Polynices who was killed in battle. Although Polynices is considered a traitor to the land of Thebes‚ Antigone feels that to respect the wishes of the gods she must burry him. She faithfully
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feminist‚ determined to do what is right even in defiance of patriarchal law. 5.) Ismene is the foil for her stronger sister. In comparison to Antigone she has almost no agency‚ primarily because she is terrified of disobeying men in power. 6.) Creon cherishes order and loyalty above all else. He cannot bear to be defied any more than he can bear to watch the laws of the state defined. 7.) Haemon defends the moral basis of Antigone’s actions while warning his father that the people of Thebes
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Creon claims that his rule as king must be obeyed‚ even if it is wrong‚ in order to avoid anarchy and chaos‚ but the play does not side with him. Creon’s first rule as king is that no one "shall entomb [Polyneices] or mourn‚ but leave unwept‚ unsepulchred‚ a welcome store for the birds‚ as they espy him‚ to feast on at will." He also states that if anyone is to bury him they shall be put to death. When he is told that Antigone has buried her brother Creon is faced with questions of loyalty. He can
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victim to his excessive pride when he refused to believe that he was the murderer. As soon as Tiresias disclosed that Oedipus was the perpetrator‚ Oedipus immediately denied it and alleged that Tiresias and Creon formed a conspiracy against him. He had no reason to call out Tiresias and Creon‚ two highly respected men in the city of Thebes‚ but he did so because he was overly confident in himself. Furthermore‚ Oedipus stubbornly searches for the killer even when he is warned about the consequences
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