Creon's Mistakes In Antigone

Everybody makes mistakes, it’s just a part of being human and nobody is perfect so if we learn from our mistakes we can help to make this world so much better. In the play Antigone there is no exception to this, and we can see all of the characters making mistakes that lead to bigger problems in the future. But as the play progresses we can see the characters realizing that even though they tried their best they did something wrong and it needs to be fixed. Creon is a perfect example of this, because he has the best intentions at the beginning of the play but as it goes on he realizes his decisions although well intended we're not the best they could be and they need to be changed. But Creon realizes this fact to late and ends up receiving

Although Creon was blinded by his own pride and ambitions, he does not deserve punishment because he tried to do what he thought was right, and he learned his lesson and attempted to correct his actions to benefit the state and not himself.

We all try our best to do what we think will benefit others, but no body is perfect so it is not right to think that our leader has to be. Creon while not perfect does have a standard on how he wants to lead the state. And while it may not be the best in some scenarios he is still trying to do what he thinks will benefit the state: “And I find intolerable the man who puts his country/ second to his friends./ For instance, if I saw ruin and danger/ heading for the state,/ I would speak out.” and also stating the good deeds of Eteocles while telling why he made the law against Polyneices: “But his brother Polyneices,/ he who came from exile breathing fire/ against this city of his fathers and its shrines;/ The man who came all thirsting for his country's blood/ to drag the rest of us away as slaves-” (199). Creon has the best

And when it comes down to rules anyone can follow their own, but it takes much more effort to realize that someone elses rules are more important than you own: “In the end it is the ancient codes-oh my regrets!-/ that one must keep:/ To value life than one must value the law.” (241). Creon realizes what he did was not going to benefit his rule, and that the rules of the Gods override the laws of any king down on earth. So he must abide by the will of the Gods and listen to what Tiresias told him to do to try to fix these circumstances by releasing Antigone and burying Polyneices. And while realizing what you did was wrong is hard, sometimes changing and learning from those mistakes is even harder: “Then lead me please away,/ A rash weak foolish man,/ A man of sorrows,/ Who killed you, son, so blindly/ And you my wife-so blind./ Where can I look?/ Where hope for help,/ When everything I touch is lost/ And death has leapt upon my life?” (252). Creon see’s that all that has happened is as a result of him and his laws and pride. And he realizes now that in order to grow as a king to benefit the state he needs to not let anything get in the way of his rule to be able to be the best ruler he can be. So that when the time comes and something like this is to happen again, he knows how to deal with