Antigone Ver Creon Character Analysis

Sophocles' short story “Antigone” displays a myriad of tragedies intertwined in one family. Sophocles' heroine, Antigone faces execution, Antigone's betrothed Haemon toils with the moral dilemma of being loyal to his father or future wife, while Haemon's father, Creon refuses to learn justice until it is too late.
Antigone is a strong-minded young woman, who forgoes the laws of society to honour her deceased brother with a proper burial. After mourning the deaths of her parents and two brothers, Antigone no longer has a jest for life. Antigone is only concerned with avenging the laws against her brother, even though it means she will put her own life in jeopardy. When speaking with Creon she immediately admits her crimes, “Yes, I confess; I will not deny my deed.” (1503). As Antigone is being sent to her execution, she laments her loss of experience in life. She begins to show
He is intimidating, and stubborn in his ways. He has no regard for Antigone and repeatedly mocks her gender, “This girl has learned her insolence before this, when she broke the established laws. But here is still another insolence in that she boasts of it, laughs at what she did. I swear I am no man and she the man if she can win this and not pay for it” (1504). Creon's behaviour suggests that he is daunted by anyone who threatens his authority. He blindingly refuses advice from Haemon and the citizens of Thebes, “Empty of sense yourself, you will regret your schooling of me in sense” (1510). Creon eventually becomes paranoid from a prophecy told by a Theban elder. He realizes that the gods wish for Antigone to be spared. In finding Antigone, he sees her fate and witnesses Haemon's suicide. Creon also finds his wife has taken her life in hearing of Haemon's death. Creon realizes that his ignorance has caused insurmountable tragedy, “These acts can never be made to fit another to free me from guilt. It was I that killed her”