Cruel Creon Research Paper

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Cruel Creon In the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles there are a multitude of tragedies that branch from Creon's cruelty. Due to Creon's tyranny, he is stubborn, self-conceited, and refuses to heed the opinions of others. Consequently Creon's actions cause him to lose his wife, Eurydice, and his son, Haemon, which are consequences of his cruelty, but his cruelty also ends Antigone's life. With Creon wanting to “leave [Polynices] unburied, a feast for birds and dogs, an outrage to see” (Sophocles 209-210). It serves as a crucial motivation for Antigone because she is willing to die to bury her brother Polyneices. In accordance with her beliefs, she also wanted Polynice's soul to go to the afterlife. As a tyrant, Creon does not want anyone to “overstep these laws” (Sophocles 458). …show more content…

With his unchanging attitude and refusal to change his ways of thinking, he causes the deaths of multiple people. Nearing the conclusion Creon realizes he was a “rash man. who unwillingly slew [Haemon] and this woman. everything goes cross in my hands'' (Sophocles 1342-1346). Towards the end, he realized his mistake far too late; everyone he loved was dead. Throughout Antigone, Creon only cared for himself, causing him to lose the people he cherished most. Their different ideologies played huge roles; Antigone valued tradition and religion. According to Antigone, since “it wasn’t Zuez who pronounced these things to me, nor did justice, companion of Gods below, establish such laws for humanity” (Sophocles 459-460). Creon and Antigone juxtapose each other with their opposing ideologies. Without their differences, the conflict would not have arisen, causing a domino

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