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What would you say Creon fears most?
From Creon’s speech, what would you say Creon fears the most? I would say that Creon fears loosing power and strength the most. What is Haimon’s main argument in his speech to his father? He was saying to his father to change his mind about killing Antigone.
How does Creon view death?
Death 14: As Antigone had once welcomed her own death because she was so upset after the deaths of her brothers, now Creon welcomes his own death and does not think at all of his responsibilities to rule Thebes. He calls death “that best of fates” because it is the only escape he can have for his guilt and suffering.
Who does Creon want to kill?
Antigone
Creon exiled Oedipus from Thebes after Oedipus killed his father and married his mother. Creon also declared that Polyneices would not receive a proper burial because he committed treason against his own city. Creon punishes Antigone to death.
Who does Creon threaten to kill?
When Creon threatens to kill Antigone before his eyes, Haemon leaves (724-763). Creon announces that he will spare Ismene, but will confine Antigone to a cave to starve to death (764-780).
Did Creon abuse his power?
Creon abused his power by thinking that he can change or brake the laws of the Gods and not allowing other people to brake his laws. According to the play the major actions that Creon took to cause the downfall of Thebes are that he did not want to burry Polyneices nor did allow any body to do it.
What is Creon scared of?
Creon fears disobedience and treachery. Perhaps he feels unsure and unsettled on his throne, knowing how he ultimately came by it (dead sister, blinded brother-in-law/nephew, dead nephews, etc.). Perhaps he feels as cursed as Antigone does, but he deals with it differently.
Who does Creon say has lost her mind who does Creon say never had a mind at all?
Ismene believes that life will be nothing if Antigone is dead. What does Creon say about the two girls and how does Ismene respond? Creon says that “one has just now lost her mind(Ismene); the other, has never had a mind at all(Antigone)”. Ismene responds by saying how grief can teach the steadiest of minds to waver.
Why does Eurydice kill herself?
In Sophocles’s Antigone, Eurydice stabs herself to death because she is heartbroken over the death of her son, Haemon. Haemon took his own life after his betrothed, Antigone, killed herself. Eurydice’s death is the third suicide in the play.
Does Creon kill himself?
No, Creon does not kill himself in Antigone. His wife, son, and niece all commit suicide during the course of the play, but Creon refrains from taking…
How did Creon suffer?
In “Antigone” the tragic hero is Creon. He suffers because of his flaw: pride. He cannot imagine that anyone else can be right. He is too inflexible and narrow in outlook to heed criticism or admit a mistake.
Why are people afraid of Creon?
Creon becoming king brings new laws that are not accepted by everyone’s morals and they do not all follow the laws of the gods. Most of the people are afraid of Creon so they obey all of his laws regardless of how they might view things, but that is not the case for Antigone.