Role of Creon
The play Antigone can certainly speak to a modern audience, because it is about the dangers of hubris, or the arrogant feeling that one can do whatever he or she wants because of the individual's feeling of power. In a democracy, we might see this when a politician declares that he has a "mandate" from the people. Some feel that it was hubris, a feeling that he could do whatever he wanted and not be held accountable, that brought the Nixon administration down. Although as king, Creon consults with the oracles and tries to respect the will of the gods, he is in power because of tremendous turmoil and unbelievable tragedies in his extended family. Instead of trying to bring consensus and closure to the terrible events, he decides that he must punish one person involved, but not both. He allows funeral ceremonies for one nephew but not the other, although both contributed in major ways to a current crisis. This is a terrible punishment for Polynices, whose soul will now have to wander...
One very difficult scene is when you confronts your niece, Antigone, for defying your order to not perform burial rites for Polynices. You love your niece but believe that changing your mind will be a sign of weakness the populace cannot tolerate. Creon should be played as someone compensating for his insecurity over how he became king. As Creon you should appear rigid and firm when talking to others, but when others are not looking, reveal a sense of confusion and indecision. One way to show this would be to face the audience full on when trying to be decisive, but turning a quarter turn to the left or right when concerned about what is going on.
Creon's determination to be a strong…
Antigone: A clash of state and personal values Sophocles' drama Antigone unfolds the tale of the tragic daughter of Oedipus Rex. At the beginning of the play Antigone is the bereft sister of two dead brothers who died fighting in the Theban civil war. Creon gives the brother (Eteocles) who defended the city's current leadership a hero's burial while leaves the other brother (Polyneices) to rot in the streets, exposed to
As a character, Creon is almost and inverse of Antigone, because his concern for his own authority trumps his love for his own family, as he all but disowns his son Haemon for the latter's support of Antigone. As these flaws are the most important elements of characterization in terms of the plot, they essentially define the characters even in spite of the interior emotional lives hinted at within
Creon as a Tragic Hero Antigone, a play written by Sophocles consisted of three main themes, all of which play a significant role in the portrayal and understanding of the play. These themes comprise of love, fate, and pride. To begin with, Oedipus has murdered his father, who was the king of Thebes, unaware that it was his father. Subsequent to this, he took over and became the king of Thebes.
Antigone What is fate, and what is free will? In Sophocles' play Antigone, both fate and free will are important in determining the outcome of the play. Fate is presented as something that the gods determine. It is the destiny of human beings, and something that people have no control over. No matter how hard a person like Antigone or Creon tries to fight fate, their lives are not entirely our
Antigone is the last play in the Oedipus cycle written by Sophocles. In the play, Antigone, the Oedipus's sister-daughter challenges her uncle, Creon, who has ascended the Theban throne after he brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, are killed in battle. In the play, Antigone defies Creon's mandate that Polyneices should not be granted a proper burial because he is an traitor and an enemy of the state. Because of her opposing
Thus, the nobility of Antigone's character lies in her reluctance to condemn her sister, whereas her tragic flaw lies in her fanatical devotion to the men in her family, to the point that she wishes to lie with her brother's corpse. Antigone's fall comes when she is caught burying Polyneices' corpse, and the fact that her subservience to patriarchy is the precise reason for this fall is revealed in Creon's