Creon was responsible for his own downfall. Creon set himself upon the road to destruction when he made a law that directly contradicts the law of the gods and especially Antigonies beliefs, But by the time Creon even realizes his guilt; it is too late the death of Antigone,his son and his wife has already taken place.

The cause of Creon’s downfall, his hubris manifests when he king refuses to listen to others while also believing that he can change the fate that Tiresias prophesizes.

Antigone also exhibits pride in her honour from her chosen method of death, as she commits suicide which was seen as noble. Not only this, but she robs Creon of the victory over her, as he at first wanted to stone her to death, then wanted her to starve and she took both of these from him by taking her own life.

Creon is powerfully built, but a weary and wrinkled man suffering the burdens of rule. A practical man, he firmly distances himself from the tragic aspirations of Oedipus and his line. As he tells Antigone, his only interest is in political and social order.

Character Analysis Creon By the end of the tragedy, Creon proves himself sensible and responsible, a good leader for the now kingless Thebes. Angry and intent on his will, Creon appears the epitome of the bad, ruthless leader, impervious to the laws of the gods or humanity.

Humans must take a humble, reverential attitude toward fate, the gods, and the limits of human intelligence. At the end of the play, Creon shows he has learned this lesson at last when, instead of mocking death as he has throughout the play, he speaks respectfully of “death” heaping blows upon him (1413–1419).

Shortly after Creon and his entourage finished burying Polynices, they heard the sound of Haemon’s voice wailing from Antigone’s tomb. When they arrived at the tomb and saw Antigone’s lifeless body, Haemon attempted to stab Creon but missed and turned the sword upon himself, committing suicide.

Creon, the name of two figures in Greek legend. The first, son of Lycaethus, was king of Corinth and father of Glauce or Creüsa, the second wife of Jason, for whom Jason abandoned Medea. Euripides recounted this legend in his tragedy Medea. The second, the brother of Jocasta, was successor to Oedipus as king of Thebes.

She appears briefly in Sophocles’ Antigone (as an “archetypal grieving, saddened mother” and an older counterpart to Antigone), to kill herself after learning, from a messenger, that her son Haemon and his betrothed, Antigone, have both committed suicide.

In Antigone, Creon is the ruler of Thebes. Oedipus’s sons, Eteocles and Polynices, had shared the rule jointly until they quarreled, and Eteocles expelled his brother. The Thebans won the war, but both sons of Oedipus were killed, leaving Creon as ruler once more, serving as regent for Laodamas, the son of Eteocles.

Creon responds angrily that the Gods would never honor a wicked person who had come to burn their temples. Instead, he is convinced, someone was bribed to do it.

When we first see Creon in Oedipus the King, Creon is shown to be separate from the citizens of Thebes. At lines 651–690, Creon argues that he has no desire to usurp Oedipus as king because he, Jocasta, and Oedipus rule the kingdom with equal power—Oedipus is merely the king in name.

According to the First Stasimon, the Chorus appears certain that Oedipus is not the murderer. In the Second Episode, of what has Creon been accused? “Oedipus, for the sake of the gods, trust him in this.

Rather than mocking Oedipus, who has just accused him of some pretty terrible things, Creon is gentle. He brings the mutilated and grieving Oedipus inside, away from the public eye and also promises to care for the fallen king’s children. In the end, it is only at Oedipus’ request that Creon banishes him from Thebes.

Creon took over the throne because Oedipus’ two sons, Eteocles and Polyneices, were too young to become rulers. As time passed, and the two sons aged, Eteocles claimed the throne for himself, exiling his older brother Polyneices. Polyneices then gathered a giant army and attacked Eteocles for the throne.

There is no right or wrong answer. In the eyes of the gods, Antigone deserves more sympathy due to her piety and love, but Creon is not without sympathy either, even though there is no question as to the injustice of his actions. Creon is tyrannical throughout the play and creates his own problems in the end.

Neither Creon nor Antigone is particularly easy to sympathize with, but they do both represent important virtues (the conflict between right and right, as Hegel noted). We might say that two vital points of the tragedy are that we should not choose a side, and that no one gets what he or she deserves.

Antigone deserves more sympathy than Creon, since he is more powerful and uses his power in a harsh and tyrannical manner. However, she is at least as stubborn as he is, and the majority of the audience’s sympathy is likely to go to the victims of their obstinacy: Ismene, Haemon and Eurydice.

Although we do feel sympathy for Creon in some instances in the play, for the most part he is a character to whom the audience do not take kindly. Like his predecessor Oedipus, he quickly changes from the admirable and generous ruler of Thebes, to the dominant, tyrannical king.

Creon suspects subversives are threatening his power, until Antigone is brought before him. Antigone, who was caught in the act of burying her brother, admits her guilt and defends Ismene’s innocence before being locked away.

In this play, Antigone is clearly the protagonist, as she is showed in her grief, seems sympathetic and the reader or spectator sees her from the beginning; it creates more impact and draws attention to the extremity of her feelings and emotions. …

Why do Ismene and Antigone quarrel as the play opens? They are battling over weather Polyneicis should be burried or why that is a bad idea. Antigone wants to bury Polynecis but Ismene does not think that is a good idea.

Fate works most for woe with Folly’s fairest show. Meaning that fate mostly causes woe to those who let foolishness overcome their lives. Also, it ends with a “Man’s little pleasure is the spring of sorrow”.

What does Teiresias predict will happen to Creon? Creon will die soon for not burying Polynieces and punishing antigone for trying to do so.

Ismene’s advice to Antigone, “we two are women, / so not to fight with men” (61-62) points to the inferior power position that women hold in Theban society and the gendered assumptions that inform civil obedience.

Like many other tragic figures from Greek drama, she has hamartia, which is a tragic and prominent flaw that brings about her downfall.