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A 6 page essay that discusses Sophocles’ characterization of Creon, which underscores the centrality of the issue of state versus religion to the thematic content of the play and illustrates how Creon is, like Antigone, a tragic figure, as he tries to be a diligent leader but succumbs to the fatal flaw of hubris (which is also spelled “hybris,” and refers to an inappropriate degree of self-pride). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the state and its law or religion and divine decree. In examining this issue, Sophocles pits Creon, as the ruler of Thebes, against Antigone, who is the daughter of Oedipus,
the citys tragic former ruler, and sister to Eteocles and Polynices, the warring brothers who brought civil war to the city and killed each other in battle. Sophocles frames
Creons characterization, first of all, within the framework of his decree concerning funeral rites for the two brothers, which indicates his propensity towards narrow-mindedness and then in his reactions to
Antigone; Tiresias, the blind prophet; and Haemon, is son and Antigones fianc?. Exploration of Sophocles characterization of Creon underscores the centrality of the issue of state versus religion to the
thematic content of the play and illustrates how Creon is, like Antigone, a tragic figure, as he tries to be a diligent leader but succumbs to the fatal flaw of
hubris (which is also spelled "hybris," and refers to an inappropriate degree of self-pride). The opening scenes frame the characters of Creon and Antigone relative to the present
situation and the deaths of the two brothers who each vied for the throne of Thebes. Because Polynices attacked the city and Eteocles, who held power, defended it, Creon has
decreed a heros burial for Eteocles, but that no one, on pain of death, can offer funeral rites for Polynices and that his body should be left on the battlefield
as carrion. Several facts about Greek culture are relevant to understanding the full import of this decree. First of all, Sophocles audience was fully aware of the whole background story
to this sage, and how the brothers had agreed to share the throne, each ruling for a period with the other brother succeeding to the throne on an appointed date.
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