Downfall Of Creon Essay

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The downfall of Creon

“For me your judgement and the ways you act on them are good I shall follow them.”(lines 720-722) said Haemon, reassuring his father, Creon, of his loyalty. Although his true intention was to stop his soon to be wife from being killed.
Haeman words action and ideas contrast with Creon's character to the point of these two characters having conflicting motivation. These conflicting motivations cause the characteristics of anger,disrespect and unreasonable to be highlighted within creon's character. In the end these conflicting motivations develop Creon as tragic hero by showing his fear of being disobeyed and gone against, and the character interaction advance the plot and develop the theme by
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Haemon is trying to help him but Creon is too stubborn and blind to see it. In the story Haemon says “A city which belongs to just one man is no true city.”(lines 820) and he also says “ so let your rage charge on among your friends who want to stand by you in this.”(lines 875) These quote is an example of how Haemon brings out weaknesses and flaws on Creon character. This evidence supports my claim because Haemon is trying to get his father to see he is being unreasonable and selfish.

The character interactions between Haemon and Creon advance the plot and develop the theme by having different ideas and motivations. In the story Creon says “you women slave don't try and win me over.”(lines 860) This shows the conflict between the father and son. In the same scene Haemon replies with “what do you want to speak and never hear someone reply”(lines 865) This shows the rising tempers between the father and son.

In the story the rising conflicts between Haemon and Creon caused Creon to be a tragic hero and also advances the plot and theme of the story. Creon's selfish intention caused Haemon and Antigone's death. This caused Creon to fail not only as a king and as a father