antogone

When I first read this play, I thought to myself, how selfish of Creon to take only his own feelings into consideration. Additionally, who does he think he is, going against the will of the gods and declaring that Polyneices could not be buried? Dying with honor, being buried, and mourned properly was very important to these people. Then I found myself actually taking his position into consideration. How difficult it must be to rule over such a great city as Thebes? After all he was only doing what he thought was best for the survival of the state. In the long run, and any which way you look at it, Creon boldly and out rightly defied the Gods in ordering that his nephew, Polyneices not be buried “but leave unwept, unburied, a dainty treasure for the birds that see hem, for their feast’s delight” (Sophocles 1621). I felt that Antigone was strong willed and passionat...