Theban King Creon thinks that kingship means rule by and for the monarch alone. A king's subjects indeed are subject to the king's decisions, opinions and views. No one can have any influence on or input into the royal decisionmaking process. So the King thinks that kingship means strict, punitive rule over the people. A king's subjects must lead their lives in fear and respect of the monarch and his laws. The two givens in the life of the city are the severity of the law and the sureness of punishment. And the King thinks that kingship means neverending vengeance against enemies and neverending vigilanceagainst challenges and threats. A king's subjects face the denial of all rights, privileges and honors in life and death if they dare to disagree, disappoint or disrespect the monarchy. The enmities and hatreds of a lifetime carry on in the mistreatment of the dead and of all succeeding generations.
That a king needs to rule alone is what Creon thinks that a king should do in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon likes having the royal powers all to himself. He does not think that he needs to seek second opinions on anything. In fact, he believes that it is a sign of weakness to look anywhere but to oneself when ruling Thebes.
Of no country is Creon King. Instead, Creon is King of the city of Thebes. It doesn't come out in the play. But Creon actually is serving as regent. The ruler is supposed to be Laodamas, the son of Creon's nephew Eteocles. But Eteocles is dead, and Laodamas is too young to rule at the moment.
That he likes to share and then that he does not are Creon's respective attitudes toward being king in "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon argues that he prefers to rule as the subordinate member of a team. That is what he says while his brother-in-law and nephew Oedipus is king of Thebes. But Creon likes acting alone once he becomes sole king after the first civil war over the Theban royal succession.
Theban King Creon believes that Thebans who oppose his rule are behind the burying of Polyneices. Polyneices was Creon's nephew. But he invaded Thebes, and therefore is considered by the King to be disloyal and unworthy of god given rights to proper burial rites and rituals.
That kings rule alone and that it is a sign of weakness and failure to do otherwise
That a king needs to rule alone is what Creon thinks that a king should do in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon likes having the royal powers all to himself. He does not think that he needs to seek second opinions on anything. In fact, he believes that it is a sign of weakness to look anywhere but to oneself when ruling Thebes.
Of no country is Creon King. Instead, Creon is King of the city of Thebes. It doesn't come out in the play. But Creon actually is serving as regent. The ruler is supposed to be Laodamas, the son of Creon's nephew Eteocles. But Eteocles is dead, and Laodamas is too young to rule at the moment.
That he likes to share and then that he does not are Creon's respective attitudes toward being king in "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon argues that he prefers to rule as the subordinate member of a team. That is what he says while his brother-in-law and nephew Oedipus is king of Thebes. But Creon likes acting alone once he becomes sole king after the first civil war over the Theban royal succession.
Theban King Creon believes that Thebans who oppose his rule are behind the burying of Polyneices. Polyneices was Creon's nephew. But he invaded Thebes, and therefore is considered by the King to be disloyal and unworthy of god given rights to proper burial rites and rituals.
Egypt.....................................I think
That kings rule alone and that it is a sign of weakness and failure to do otherwise
That kings rule alone and that it is a sign of weakness and failure to do otherwise
Leadership is the principle that Creon explains concerning a ruler first being able to rule his own house in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the term leadership describes the ability to rule a group of people. It is a principle that comes out particularly in Theban King Creon's interactions with the chorus and with his son Prince Haemon. Creon looks at leadership as coordinating control over his family life with domination of the cultural, economic and political life of his people.
I think it was David.
what he did was he thretend them i think
Polynices and Eteocles, his brother, killed each other while fighting to rule over Thebes. King Creon decreed that he would not be buried.
Appearing weak is Creon's greatest fear as king in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon emerges quite scathed from the overthrow of disgraced King Oedipus and from the civil war between Oedipus' twin sons and heirs, Eteocles and Polyneices. He is reluctant to engage in further controversy and conflict. He thinks that a strong rule by one strong authority figure is necessary to keep him from appearing weak and being vulnerable to challenge.