Creon Suicide Quotes

Creon, the king of Thebes, was compelled to witness the death of all his family members, simply because of his one oafish decision. The almighty king of Thebes watched the downfall of all of his beloved ones, right before he had the opportunity to prevent it. Antigone, by Sophocles, portrays the courageous deeds of the female heroine, Antigone. Throughout the play, Antigone attempts to avenge her brother, but confronts a series of difficult obstacles, laid out by her uncle, Creon, the antagonist. Antigone, feeling excessively depressed about her life, ends up committing suicide, which leads to a series of events that actually causes the downfall of Creon. Her suicide leads to the death of Creon’s beloved ones, Haemon and Eurydice. Creon ought

“No, no, harbor of Death, so choked, so hard to cleanse! - Why me? Why are you killing me? Herald of pain, more words, more grief? I died once, you killed me again and again” (Sophocles 125)! As portrayed in this quote, Creon is confronted by great shock and displeasure, upon realizing these two unfortunate events. Creon feels overburdened with pain and sadness, and in this case, he greatly resembles Oedipus. After this series of unfortunate events, he is now incapable of handling this burden of sadness. “Oh the dread, I shudder with dread! Why not kill me too? – Run me through with a good sharp sword? Oh god, the misery, anguish- I, I’m churning with it, going under” (Sophocles 126). Creon is clearly in deep state of anguish and misery, for he now no longer wishes to live. Creon had to confront much more horrific incidents than the events that Antigone had to face. Creon didn’t just lose one family member; he lost all of them. Thus, the loss of his beloved ones is the leading reason for why he is much more miserable than Antigone

“Now- I’m on my way! Come, each of you, take up axes, make for the high ground, over there, quickly! I and my better judgement have come round to this- I shackled her, I’ll set her free myself. I am afraid… It’s best to keep the established laws to the very day we lie” (Sophocles 117). Ironically, shortly after this decision was made, Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice all commit suicide, due to his oafish decision. He made up his mind to set his past wrongdoing right, but unfortunately the gods refused to cooperate with him. Finally, his idiotic decision led to this turmoil in the first place. Although he committed only a single wrong action, he was still severely punished. “Ohhh, so senseless, so insane… my crimes, my stubborn, deadly- Look at us, the killer, the killed, father and son, the same blood- the misery! My plans, my mad fanatic heart, my son, cut off so young! Ai, dead, lost to the world, not through your stupidity, no, my own” (Sophocles 124). As Creon came to realize his wrongdoing, he becomes overwhelmed with guilt. The gods punished him, due to his stubborn decision. Therefore, since the gods punished him for only one wrongdoing, Creon must be considered as a tragic