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Why Does Antigone's Clash With Creon

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Antigone sacrifices her own life, trying to stand up in the horrible society in which she 's imprisoned. Would you do it? Oedipus has just passed away in Colonus, and Antigone and her sister decide to return to Thebes with the intention of helping their brothers. You can look at Antigone 's clash with Creon as symbolic of the larger struggle of a man.Creon relationship with Haemon demonstrate how parents assert their power in relationships with their children, and how children can lose favor with their parents.

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