Creon's Responsibility In Sophocles Antigone

Ultimately, Creon’s decisions are made with consideration and respect to the city as a whole and to the Gods. Listen to him: “Our country is our safety” (210), “and whoever places a friend above his own country, he is nothing” (205). To maintain the goods of his city, he is willing to persist with the laws he makes; to persist with the laws, he is willing to sacrifice his families. If that is not the devotion we need from our rulers, I do not know what to say! Some may point out that Creon does not respect the Gods. Even if this is true, he does not offend the Gods purposefully. After all, why was he so busy defending the city from the seven states? Besides the obvious reason of protecting its people, he meant to protect Gods’ interests from

Why is her mind so made up as to bury her brother regardless the severe penalty? Her arguments, as I brought up shortly before, is that her Gods mandates proper burial for everyone, and that her emotion does not allow an unburied family. However, a closer look at her real motivation would render her seemingly noble appearance laughable. In the course of trying to convince Ismene to join her in the unlawful act, Antigone refuses Ismene’s suggestion to “keep it a secret”. Instead, she wants to whole city to know (100). Later in her conversation with Creon, she stated that glory is what she is seeking (562). The more horrifying quote of hers comes later: “If I had been the mother of children or if my husband died, exposed and rotting—I’d never have taken this ordeal upon myself, never defied our people’s will.” Clearly this is the evidence that her true motivation is no other but glory and emotion tie with her brother. The way she moralizes it is deceptive, and her suicide is glory to her but embarrassment to Creon. My fellow Thebans, comparing her intention with Creon’s, you would be a fool the convict our king. On the other hand, if today we recognized Antigone’s action, everyone would start making their points by committing