What ironies underlie the scene in which Creon delivers his edict in 'Antigone'?

Answer 1

That he does not have the authority, that the law already is broken and that the perpetrator is in his own household are the ironies that underlie the scene in which Creon delivers his edict in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban King Creon acts as though he can issue the non-burial edict. But the below ground burial guarantee for all Thebans falls under divine decision making. He also indicates that his public introduction of the law intends to discourage its violation. But the edict already is violated since Princess Antigone has prior, inside knowledge of its existence. Additionally, Creon references opposition to him and his rule from within Thebes. But the opposition to him and his edict starts from within his very household.