In some respects Creon is seen as a positive character‚ in others as an antagonist. However‚ if one sees it from a different perspective‚ it’s obvious that Creon is the victim of fate and his own flaws‚ making him a tragic hero. His first misfortune was to fall from the grace of his people when saying that Antigone should die for her actions. "Your people are beginning to question your judgment and are beginning to side with Antigone." (256-257) This scene is very ironic! Creon is actually trying
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Tyranny is defined by Merriam Webster’s online dictionary as “oppressive power exerted by government (Merriam-Webster). This scene begins with the Sentry entering from the side and slowly describing to Creon that his decree forbidding the burial of Polynices has been broken. The Sentry seems to be afraid of Creon‚ wondering aloud that “if somebody get the news to Creon first‚ what’s to save your neck?” (Antigone lines 256-257) This mood of fear continues throughout this scene‚ with the Sentry dragging
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her life as the result of her sentence from Creon‚ it is not her pride that defines her fate but her unwillingness to accept her fate. Creon‚ King of Thebes‚ suffers his fate of pride. Not by his own demise‚ but his denial of Antigones brother Polynices burial; this caused catastrophic events in Creon’s life to fall into place like an extravagant domino effect. With the sentence of Antigone‚ she took her own life. With Antigone’s suicide‚ her fiancé’ Creon’s only living son Haemon took his own
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Two different readers can interpret any text completely differently. This may be due to their age‚ background‚ quality of education and social status. On the other hand even a males and a females understanding may differ. Similarly with art‚ the author of any piece creates it with the intention of evoking a rare and unusual emotion in every person to create an effect. In this case‚ it is more about what the audience receives from this play and how they construe the act themselves. All of this applies
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In Oedipus Rex Sophocles uses Creon for a foil to Oedipus. In Antigone Sophocles uses Creon as the Greek tragic hero. In Oedipus Rex the character of Creon serves as a foil to Oedipus. Creon is portrayed as a rational‚ ethical‚ and dutiful leader who represents the need for a stable society. All the while Oedipus is portrayed as a rash‚ unreasonable‚ and overly confident king‚ who is constantly trying to keep up with his unavoidable fate. Creon shows his rationality when he replies to a question
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Truth in the Eyes of Justice Greek theater encompassed many aspects that reflected the moral values and ideals of society. Their customs were tightly woven into the scripts of plays. Antigone and Oedipus the King‚ two renowned works of the Greek playwright Sophocles‚ explore these values through a plot thick with corruption‚ virtue‚ and determination. These plays reveal the burdens two Theban kings‚ Oedipus and Creon‚ as their lies and poor judgment corrode the integrity of their city‚ their
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This is evident in the act of disobedience displayed by Antigone when she buried her brother Polynices. Her uncle Creon instituted a law that forbade anyone to weep for or bury her slain brother. Antigone felt that this was wrong and asked her sister Ismene for assistance in their brother’s burial. Ismene did not want to help because she feared what
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By displaying Antigone’s morality and burying Antigone’s brother‚ Polynices‚ despite the consequences‚ Antigone eventually got the city to get on Antigone’s side. Antigone’s city‚ although the people were originally against Antigone‚ eventually saw Antigone’s reasons why Antigone buried Polyneices and why Creon‚ who was
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Reading response-Antigone In the story of Antigone‚ we see the struggles between right and wrong or individual and government‚ and the conflicts between the males and females. In the other words‚ Antigone ‚ a woman‚ are supposed to have no her own opinions to the her world. She should follow the laws which are made by men. Nevertheless‚ she believes the god’s laws should be more important than the others. What makes this story so special? Antigone‚ a Femal‚ challenges to the male’s
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Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex). Despite his efforts to avoid this terrible fate‚ it came to pass. When Oedipus learned what he had inadvertently done‚ he gouged out his own eyes and was banished from Thebes. Before dying‚ he prophesied that his two sons‚ Polynices and Eteocles‚ would kill each other in the battle for Thebes (see Oedipus at Colonus). This‚ too‚ comes to pass. Yet when the prophet Tiresias visits Creon in Antigone‚ he comes to deliver a warning‚ not an unavoidable prophecy. He says that Creon
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