THE QUALITIES OF CREON As readers‚ we have to make judgments and interpretations of different characters. In the book‚ Antigone‚ translated by David Greene‚ there is a character by the name of Creon. While reading Antigone‚ some important descriptions about Creon become apparent. He views himself as the perfect leader‚ believes he is always correct‚ and wants control
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someone dead. As long as I live‚ I will not be ruled by a woman” (22). The conflicts in the play‚ especially between Creon and Haemon‚ are based on the different ways of thinking of each one of them. The big difference in age between Creon and his son was an issue that effects their relationship through the play. For example‚ when Creon is confronted by his son‚ Haemon‚ about Antigone’s crime‚ he replies to the chorus‚ “Do you really think at our age‚ we should be taught by a boy like him?” (31)
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Istahil Ibrahim Prof. Sophie Bourgault POL2107 June 13th‚ 2012 Creon: The Complicated Tyrant Since the beginning of political thought‚ the issues surrounding the ‘ideal’ regime and the ‘ideal’ ruler have been hotly contested. These issues have been manifested in various works ranging from ancient plays to philosophical dialogues. How various thinkers argued the ‘ideal’ was to juxtapose it with the opposite – the rule of a tyrant. The philosopher Plato‚ in his Socratic Dialogue The
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Similarities between Creon and Antigone In Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ Creon was engaged in a conflict with Oedipus’ daughter Antigone. Creon and Antigone did not see eye-to-eye the entire play due to extreme differences. Creon and Antigone had many similarities despite their enormous discrepancies. Having as many differences as they did‚ it made them uniquely similar in numerous ways. The similarities that Antigone and Creon shared were independence‚ loyalty toward their views‚ cruelty and arrogance
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Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ is the story of Antigone and her struggle between obeying man’s laws versus obeying the god’s laws. Antigone hears word that her brother Eteocles will be given a proper burial‚ while her other brother Polyneices will be left to rot. Antigone‚ furious with Creon and his declaration‚ decides she will bury her brother and obey god’s laws. She asks her sister Ismene to do what is right and help bury their brother‚ regardless of the consequences. Ismene‚ scared of what
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Dionysus (god of wine and of the theater; this part is the offering to their patron god)‚ and then a Messenger enters to tell them that Haemon has killed himself. Eurydice‚ Creon’s wife and Haemon’s mother‚ enters and asks the Messenger to tell her everything. The Messenger reports that Haemon and Antigone have both taken their own lives‚ Antigone by hanging herself‚ and Haemon by stabbing himself after finding the body‚ just after Polyneices was buried. Eurydice disappears into the palace. Creon enters
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the leader Creon‚ who believes Polynices is a traitor. Antigone then defies this law‚ and when caught‚ is punished with being buried alive. Creon is then told by Haemon‚ his son‚ Tiresias‚ and the chorus leader to let Antigone go free‚ but when Creon finally gives in it is too late and Antigone has already hung herself. In response‚ Haemon‚ Antigone’s fiance and Creon’s son‚ kills himself‚ which is followed by the suicide of Eurydice‚ Creon’s wife. Creon’s excessive pride and stubbornness leaves him
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can be interpreted in modern day society‚ as the love between a father and their son. A love that is almost as a admiration‚ where the young boy sees his father as a role model‚ who he wishes to become in the near future. This idea can be related to Haemon and Creon‚ the father and son duo‚ whose relationship was that in the beginning‚ but later worsen; base on certain events that
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William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ who is impulsive and unyielding in his certitude. When Haemon comes to his father after hearing the news of Antigone’s plight he pleads with Creon to be reasonable. Haemon compares Creon to trees in a flood. "You’ve seen trees by a raging winter torrent. How many sway with the flood and salvage every twig‚ but not the stubborn-they’re ripped out." (Lines 797-799) Haemon wants his father to see that this ruling he has made is unwise and rash and yet Creon ignores
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ONE To enable us to develop our knowledge of the social‚ cultural‚ historical and political aspects of Antigone‚ we created an off text improvisation where we played characters from Theban society -I was “A Female Citizen”- we read them out to the class so we could get an idea of people we could work with which was a good idea as it enabled us to engage with each other and incorporate more detail into our improvisation. Our improvisation was set in a market place‚ we each spoke of our feelings to
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