Examples Of Wrong In Antigone

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Creon the noble King of Thebes will do anything to protect the people of his Kingdom, and the power the Greek Gods have given him. Creon goes to the furthest extent of imprisoning and killing his niece, Antigone, for the disobeyment of a Thebes law. This enormous power hungry king may be the cause to his own downfall. “Antigone”, author Sophocles, is a conflicting family battle of the morally right and wrong. Antigone is the sister of Ismene, Eteocles and Polyneices. Polyneices and Eteocles died fighting each other, after their deaths occurred Creon thought Eteocles deserved an honorable burial, however Polyneices was going to be left in the middle of Thebes to rot and be eaten by birds because he attempted treason against …show more content…

Creon decides to punishes his niece and give her a slow terrible death in a cave with little food and water. Creon had his power questioned, so he made a harsh point that he won’t even budge for family, this was a hard lesson for Antigone to learn. Nothing will save Antigone now, she did the morally right thing in her mind to save her dead brother from humiliation, and then she was punished with death herself. The power hungry leader will not let anyone question his power, this is the rise to his tragic ending. Antigone is a foil character of Creon, because she allows us to see Creon with all his characteristics. The blind prophet tries to go and help Creon with his power and give him guidance, but the King wasn't having the advice. The prophecy was to release Antigone, this made Creon very upset, because it was going against his wishes. Creon then called the prophet a blatant liar. The blind prophet, then told the King some unsettling news about what would happen if his prophecies was disobeyed. Creon feels disrespected when people question his authority. The Blind Prophet is also a foil character, because we can see that Creon once trusted this man very much; however, when Creon’s decision is looked down upon

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