Creon's Struggles in Sophocles' "Antigone"

In many stories, characters experience a number of struggles which may cause them to unwillingly modify their lives. In Sophocles' "Antigone", Creon is faced with difficult challenges, but he manages to keep hope in his attempts to overcome them. A reader usually feels sympathy for the characters who are challenged throughout their lives. Although Creon, at first, may not seem deserving of the reader's sympathy, due to the occurences of the play, he becomes a very admirable character. Creon is deserving of the reader's sympathy because he is under pressure, he changes his state of mind, and is faced with death.
Creon is under pressure to portray the image of a strong ruler for his people and he should be given the reader's sympathy. Because of his political power, Creon has no choice but to act cruel throughout the beggining of the play. He is a newly appointed ruler who has to rescue his people from the civil war brought on by the rivalry of Polynices and Eteocles. There...