Creon In Sophocles Antigone

“Antigone” is a play in which Sophocles, the author, explains the story of a prosperous character with a fatal flaw. Creon, the main character, saves the city of Thebes and is admired by many, but his obstinacy gets the best of him and his life starts to collapse. His actions leads to the suicide of Antigone, the protagonist, this sets off a chain reaction and his entire family ends up dead. A part of that death was Creon’s son, Haemon, whose death strikes Creon intensely. Haemon exposes Creon’s inner self, Haemon’s interaction with Creon highlights Creon’s authoritarian side, his stubbornness, and his sexist side.

To start off, Creon’s autocratic side is clearly shown when he gets mad at his son for questioning him. Initially, Creon seems to love his son “Indeed, my son, that’s how your heart should always be resolved, to stand behind your father’s judgment on every issue”(Lines 745-746). Afterwards, Haemon starts opposes his father's ideas and subsequently his father is enraged “You’re the worst there is—you set your judgment up against your father.”(Lines 825-828). It is evident that Creon’s character is flawed, his strict unquestionable rule would only later lead to his demise.

Haemon is dedicated to saving Antigone, his fiance, so he argues with his father so that he would release her, but Creon refuses to listen to Haemon and says, “You’ll never marry her while she’s alive” (Line, 878). Creon, even after Haemon leaves tells himself, “Let him dream up or carry out great deeds beyond the power of man, he’ll not save these girls— their fate is sealed.” (Lines 879-881). He has already decided on the fate of Antigone, and he speaks as though nothing could change his mind. As the play progresses we see that his intolerance to change leds to the death of his entire