Antigone And Creon Character Analysis

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Imagine to burry your own dead brother. What would you do? In this play Antigone is a women who did anything to honor her deceased brother. Even though she knew severe consequences she would face for reading creon's proclamation toward the burial of her brother. Rules and orders. In the play Antigone and Creon is shown to be a tragic hero through his interaction with Creon. This develops the theme of the play by these tragic flaws of misjudgement.

One of Creon’s traits that develops the play is that creon is arrogant. For example in the play Antigone, Creon said in line (324-326) “Stop now before what you're about to say enrages me completely and reveals that you're not old but your stupid too”.This shows that Creon is a tragic hero because …show more content…

Nothing. With that i have everything”.This example shows that in the story that Creon is arrogant to antigone because of Creon’s power .Creon is very arrogant about his power and uses it in every way that it harms the citizens of thebes. For example line (324) “stop now before what you're about to say enrages me completely and reveals that you're not only old but stupid too”This is yet another reason why Creon is so rude and arrogant to Antigone.The way it shows how it proves it is because he is very arrogant to the people.These example show that Creon is a tragic hero because of this …show more content…

He is honoring one with a full funeral and treating the other one disgracefully. Eteocles they say has had his burial according to our customary rites to win him honour with the dead below.This shows that Creon is serious about his laws and want everyone to obey them.Creon does not allow a girl to govern him which is unfair for Antigone to convince him that both brothers should get and a funeral with all the certain types of rituals.For example in line (599-600) Then go down to the dead. If you must love, love them. No woman's going to govern me no no - not while i'm still alive.In the story this shows that Creon is unfair to Antigone and Ismene because Creon was only going to get one funeral for one person and the other person would have to suffer.Another reason why Creon is very unfair is because on line (498) you there you with the face bent down toward the ground, What do you say?Do you deny you did this or admit it?That explains that Creon is unfair because he only gives Antigone two bad choices to pick from and she has to pick one and she

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