Character Analysis Of Creon In The Play 'Antigone'

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Antigone Essay Although Creon is a loving ruler just because he doesn't everything that benefits the people of Thebes, he doesn’t listen to what they want to say so he is not a loving ruler. Creon in the play Antigone demonstrates he is very selfish and doesn’t care about other’s ideas. I disagree that Creon is a loving ruler because Creon is stubborn and doesn’t listen to advice and Creon doesn’t listen or believe the prophet. Creon is stubborn and doesn’t listen to advice. All of Creon’s action was his own idea and will always think it is correct. When Haemon tries to give advice to Creon, Creon says, “Since when do I take orders from the people of Thebes?”(630) this quote supports this claim because Creon had never take orders from the people of…show more content…
Creon cares about his son so much he doesn’t want Haemon to marry Antigone just because she broke the law. Creon says, “You will never marry this side of death.”(646) Creon cares mostly about his family and don’t Haemon to marry a women that did something bad. Creon is doing the right thing for his son so he can live a better life than marrying a woman that broke the law. Creon also says, “No son of mine shall web so vile a creature.”(486) Haemon tries so hard to convince her father to let him marry her but Creon is stopping him. He cares about her wife, Eurydice, as well because Creon wanted to suicide when he saw his son and wife died in scene 8. In the play Antigone, Creon is not a loving ruler because he is stubborn and doesn’t listen to advice and Creon doesn’t listen or believe the prophet. He only wants what he thinks is the best. He doesn’t even bother asking the people of Thebes for advice. He is a one man state and will only does what benefits the people of Thebes. A loving ruler means you have to care about the people around you. In the end Creon didn’t care about the country and only cares about himself. He is not a loving
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