Table of Contents
- 1 What value does Antigone proclaim in her confrontation with Creon?
- 2 What is Creon’s motive in Antigone?
- 3 What happens to Creon at the end of Antigone?
- 4 How does Creon’s motivation for punishment change after he learns that Antigone is the person who has defied his edict?
- 5 What is the sin or flaw that Creon and Antigone have?
- 6 Does Creon kill himself in “Antigone”?
- 7 What is Creon’s fate at the end of ‘Antigone’?
What value does Antigone proclaim in her confrontation with Creon?
What fundamental principle does Antigone proclaim in her confrontation with Creon? Self-sacrifice is necessary to save one’s country.
What principle does Antigone proclaim throughout the play?
What fundamental principle does Antigone proclaim in her confrontation with Creon? You should obey the gods. What are Antigone’s motives for defying Creon? Her motives are that Polyneices are family and Creon is abusing his power.
What is Creon’s motive in Antigone?
In Antigone, Creon is motivated primarily by a desire to maintain control of Thebes.
What sentence does Creon impose upon Antigone?
9. What sentence does Creon impose upon Antigone for violating his edict prohibiting Polynices’ burial? She must be hanged.
What happens to Creon at the end of Antigone?
Creon punishes Antigone to death. Haemon- He is Creon’s son. Haemon is supposed to marry Antigone, however, when Creon banishes Antigone to her death, Haemon runs off. He is later found, dead by her side, after committing suicide for his lost love.
What is Creon main concern at the beginning of the play?
Creon’s main concern is to govern Thebes with authority, but also with justice. Therefore, he is in favor of following the law to the very letter. Additionally, he is concerned with asserting himself as king (he is new to the position) and coming across to his people as authoritatively decisive.
How does Creon’s motivation for punishment change after he learns that Antigone is the person who has defied his edict?
When Creon discovers that Antigone has defied his edict to bury her brother, he demands that she be brought before him, and he condemns her to death for defying his authority. Throughout the play, several characters attempt to persuade Creon that his action is rash and ill advised.
How does King Creon react to the advice of the chorus?
How does king Creon react to the advice of the Choragos? He says he will go and bury Polyneices and free Antigone from the vault.
What is the sin or flaw that Creon and Antigone have?
Antigone and Creon share one characteristic of a tragic hero—the tragic flaw of hubris. The difference between Antigone and Creon is that Creon experiences a significant and unexpected reversal or change of fortune in his life (peripetia). Because of his decisions, his world is crumbling around him.
What does Creon decide to do with Antigone?
The first thing Creon does in Antigone is declare a harsh but understandable law. He proclaims that while the body of Eteocles will be buried with dignity, the corpse of Polyneices will be left to rot on the field of battle. Anyone who attempts to honor Polyneices’s body with burial will be sentenced to death.
Does Creon kill himself in “Antigone”?
As punishment, Creon had Antigone buried alive in a tomb. He had a change of heart, but by the time he went to open the tomb, Antigone had hanged herself. Addendum: Creon’s son Haemon , who loved Antigone, killed himself because of Antigone’s death; and Creon’s wife, Eurydice , killed herself because of her son’s death.
What does Creon say about fate in ‘Antigone’?
Antigone’s Fate In Sophocles play, Antigone, King Creon claims that in order to avoid anarchy and chaos the law must be obeyed . Creon ordains that anyone that buries the body Polyneices would be put to death. Antigone disobeys the law, and Creon punishes her even after he realizes it was wrong.
What is Creon’s fate at the end of ‘Antigone’?
By the end of the play Creon’s hubris, or excessive pride, has taken over him, which leads to his demise. Creon’s tragic flaw, hubris, causes his downfall. Creon will not listen to anyone. He is stubborn and his pride is so great, he can not bring himself to acknowledge that he could ever wrong. What happens to Creon at the end?