How can you prove Creon innocent in 'Antigone'?

Answer 1

That there is a real threat to Theban security and survival and that Creon acts in Thebes' best interests since the gods do not is a way to prove Creoninnocent in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, this is a difficult situation because the gods rule in the world of life and the Underworld of the afterlife according to the ancient Greeks. The gods particularly dislike disobedience of their clearly expressed will, which is the case here. Additionally, Theban King Creon cannot plead ignorance of divine precedent and Theban traditions because he is Theban born and royally raised. A successful plea of innocence assumes that the gods can be beaten at their own control-freak game in ancient Greece and shown not to have at heart best mortal interests, which in fact they appear not to have.