I think Creon is set on Antigone's death because she disobeyed his ruling that no one could bury Polynices, her brother. Creon is a new king and any disobedience could severely undermined his new found authority. Also many people from that time period would see this disobedience especially, since a woman committed it to be more serve.
I think Creon is so set on Antigone's death because of several reasons. First, and the most possible one, is that he wants to demonstrate his authority by killing Antigone to show Thebes people that no one shall disobey him. Second, his pride. As we discussed about pride in class today, and as the chorus in Antigone mention several times, pride leads to human's downfall. While we still haven't known who the chorus are talking about, we should not exclude the possibility that Creon is simply too prideful and abuses his power. Third, and the least possible one, would be that Creon reflects his hatred of Oedipus on Antigone, as he says in p.139, that Antigone "shows her father's stubborn spirit".
I think Creon is set on Antigone's death because she disobeyed his ruling that no one could bury Polynices, her brother. Creon is a new king and any disobedience could severely undermined his new found authority. Also many people from that time period would see this disobedience especially, since a woman committed it to be more serve.
ReplyDeleteI think Creon is so set on Antigone's death because of several reasons. First, and the most possible one, is that he wants to demonstrate his authority by killing Antigone to show Thebes people that no one shall disobey him. Second, his pride. As we discussed about pride in class today, and as the chorus in Antigone mention several times, pride leads to human's downfall. While we still haven't known who the chorus are talking about, we should not exclude the possibility that Creon is simply too prideful and abuses his power. Third, and the least possible one, would be that Creon reflects his hatred of Oedipus on Antigone, as he says in p.139, that Antigone "shows her father's stubborn spirit".
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