Creon's Arrogance In Antigone

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Creon, the King of Thebes, in the play “Antigone” by Sophocles, declares that no citizen is allowed to give a proper burial to Polyneices. In an act of defiance, Antigone buries her brother. Creon is now caught in a moral conflict: should he kill his niece and being a ruler Thebes desires. While trying to control his fate from the Gods, Creon attempts to keep his power and loses sight of his duties and sacrifices his leadership. This act illuminates the idea that arrogance can be a disastrous fault. After Antigone’s aact of defiance, Creon’s arrogance is clearly revealed. “While I live no woman shall rule me” (Sophocles 129). Creon presumes that since he is a man, and has power, that a woman will never dictate him. Women, in his eyes, should