Influence Of Creon In Antigone

In the play called Antigone by Sophocles there is king name Creon. King Creon is an old man that was throne only king because his nephews that were to be throne king died due to fighting each other till death because of the throne and the power of king over whelm them. Now that the nephews died their uncle which is Creon is now the king. As he turn as the new king of Thebes he made a new law that if anyone buries Polyneices body they will be sentence to death. This was one of the ideas that Creon selfishness and benevolent came into effect. Creon allows his pride to mark his decisions and influence his destiny, refusing to have mercy on his own nephew. Other actions that Creon did was when the sentry told Creon about Polyneices body he got furious that someone has betray him by disobeying his law. This can lead to some pride he has because the power he gain has got into his head, he threaten the sentry to find out who is responsible for burring Polyneices. Once Creon found out that it was his niece that broke his law he sentence her to death. Even his own family was sent to

Because Antigone is a women Creon belief or pride is that man are the great superiors and leaders. Creon thoughts of woman are like toys they aren’t even people to him, the way he sees it is woman are only good to control to do what men tells them to do. Ismene says” Remember we are woman, we’re not born to contend with men. Then too, we’re underlings, ruled by much stronger hands, so we must submit’ in this, and things will worse’ (74-77). Even Ismene is submitted to being useless as a women in the book back in that time many people saw men as the superior gender thus why Creon feels insulted if a women disobeys his order. The fact that Antigone disobey him wasn’t it but he will not let any woman surpass him or rule over