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A 6 page paper assessing Creon's view of events and the results of his laws as ruler of Thebes. Antigone is dead because of Creon's trust in political power; grief has claimed both his son and his wife. Perhaps Creon has not taken full responsibility, for he still blames fate for a large part of the bad news he has received. The responsibility he is willing to bear is nearly full, however. Though he will not have his son or his wife with him through the journey, Creon finds he has come to the beginning of wisdom. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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ruler driven by external conditions. He issues decrees quite naturally, without first judging how they are likely to affect those being governed. At the beginning of Antigone, there
is no other law higher than Creons, and there is no patriotism that is stronger. By the end of the play everything that Creon believed and had faith in
will have abandoned him, leaving him with no other choice but to confront himself. The purpose here is to examine Creons reflection on the events that have decimated his
life. The Setting Creon provides an apt example of the phrase that power corrupts (Burns 545), for he violates even natural law with
the decrees that he expects the citizenry to blindly follow. Creons efforts to withhold burial from Polyneices assails the laws of worlds outside of Creons realm, and places Creon
in the position of usurping the most basic of laws of human dignity. In the time and culture in which Sophocles wrote Antigone, withholding burial of anyone placed him
at a disadvantage in the world of Hades. It was the ultimate insult, one directed to the individual but one borne by the culture.
For her part, Antigone - sister of Polyneices and daughter-in-law of Creon - chooses to ignore the self-importance of Creon and adhere to the law that she sees
as existing on a higher plane and superseding any decree that Creon could utter. It is clear that Antigone understands the gravity of her decision, for she fully understands
Ismenes fear of the consequences of violating Creons order. Antigone does not try to reason with Ismene, persuade her to Antigones perspective or ridicule her for her fear of
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