That his sufferings at least equal hers is what Antigone wishes upon Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone buries her brother Polyneices. She thereby complies with a divine law that now is contradicted by her uncle King Creon's recent royal edict. Death is the punishment for violating Creon's law. Antigone thinks that Creon needs to experience at the bare minimum what she faces.
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How is Creon in conflict with Antigone
Creon is Antigone's uncle.
If Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in "Antigone," Antigone is to be sentenced to death.
Creon is his dad and antigone is his cousin
The chorus leader convinces Creon to free Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon receives the warning from Teiresias the blind prophet that the royal household will suffer if Creon does not bury Polyneices and free Antigone. Creon keeps up the insults and threats all the way until Teiresias leaves. But he then asks and acts upon the chorus leader's advice.
How is Creon in conflict with Antigone
Creon is Antigone's uncle.
If Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in "Antigone," Antigone is to be sentenced to death.
Creon is his dad and antigone is his cousin
The chorus leader convinces Creon to free Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon receives the warning from Teiresias the blind prophet that the royal household will suffer if Creon does not bury Polyneices and free Antigone. Creon keeps up the insults and threats all the way until Teiresias leaves. But he then asks and acts upon the chorus leader's advice.
Creon's wife's name in Antigone is Eurydice.
Niece to uncle is Antigone's relationship to Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is the eldest daughter of disgraced Theban monarchs Oedipus and Jocasta. Queen Jocasta is Creon's sister. Antigone therefore is Creon's niece.
Antigone is,
He doesn't let Antigone bury her brother. When he found out that she disobeyed him, Creon had Antigone killed.
Bury her brother is what Antigone does against Creon's wishes in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon announces that the bodies of all disloyal Theban dead are to be left above ground and exposed to weather and wildlife. Princess Antigone defies the non-burial edict when she buries her brother Polyneices. Creon insists upon the non-burial of his nephew Polyneices, whom he considers a traitor to Thebes.
King Creon
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