Burial In Sophocles Antigone

QUOTE The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’ Antigone translated by Seamus Heaney. There is a war between brothers over power and the two are clashing over the crown in Thebes. Over a ferocious battle, they both perish in the mighty battle, Eteocles and Polyneices. After the Battle, Creon comes to Thebes and is pronounced the current king. Creon decides to give Eteocles a proper burial since he fault in favor of Thebes, but denies Polyneices any type of burial and this is a big shock since it is a rule of the Gods that everu recieves a burial of some sort. Creon makes one order declaring if anyone atempts o bury polyneices, they are sentenced to death, and Antigone, the little sister of the two brothers, decided to defy this order and
Creon and his hubris are the only things responsible for his downfall. Creon says, “As long as I am king, no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man.”(Sophocles 976). Creon wanted to make his point clear, but upon doing he announced he is king in a democratic society abolishing their traditional ways. Another way that Creon exemplifies his hubris is when he was talking with the guard and threatens his life because he is angered when he tells him that Antigone performed a burial on her brother Polyneices. He said, “I’ll string you up Alive, and there will be certain ways to make you Discover your employer before you die; And the process may teach you a lesson you seem to have missed:..” (Sophocles 978). Again Creon lets his hubris interfere with Thebans political policies by not even offering the man a trial and wrongfully punishing the guard for simply delivering bad
Creon lost everything due to his hubris. He realizes the error of his ways and it is all his fault.” Lead me away. I have been rash and foolish. I have killed my son and my wife. I look for comfort; my comfort lies here dead. Whatever my hands have touched has come to nothing. Fate has brought all my pride to a thought of dust.” (Sophocles 1006). Creon says this at the end of the play admitting he is nothing and it is due to his pride. If Creon didn’t rule as a king and kept the Thebans ways as a democracy he would not have suffered the problems he did. The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’ Antigone translated by Seamus Heaney, is still read and reacted today to remind us on the importance of democracy in society and to connect with the readers/watchers to emphasize the negative impact of hubris. Creon is the tragic hero of Antigone because although he starts from a position of greatness, his tragic flaw leads him to a catastrophe; he realizes the error of his ways, it is too late to prevent the catastrophe; and his downfall and suffering leave him both humbled and