Antigone opposes Creon because he has decreed that the attackers from Argos are to remain un buried and unmourned. This would not be exceptional to Antigone, except that the decree means that her brother Polyneices will be left to rot in the sun and be picked by carrion birds and dogs. Additionally, the Greeks believed that being unburied caused the body's soul to wander in torment along the banks of the river Styx. Finally, it was one of the few roles that women had in Greek society to prepare the dead for funeral and mourn. In a sense, when Creon denies her this right, he is depriving her of her identity in so iety and in the family.
That everyone except Creon and the chorus oppose it is the conclusion about sentencing Antigone to death in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon issues an edict that his niece, Princess Antigone, disobeys. The civil disobedience makes Antigone eligible for the mandatory death sentence. But just about everyone - her aunt Eurydice, her betrothed Haemon, her sister Ismene and Teiresias the blind prophet - oppose Antigone's death. Creon and the chorus basically stand alone in believing that her deed may be correct but that her uncontrolled passionate outbursts earn Antigone her death.
How is Creon in conflict with Antigone
That they can be bribed is the motive that Creon assigns to those who oppose him in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon announces that opposition exists to him and his rule in Thebes. He characterizes his opponents as powerful and wealthy but cowardly. He describes them as bribing to do for money what they themselves are too cowardly to do.
Creon is Antigone's uncle.
That they oppose him is what Antigone tells Creon about other townspeople in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone dislikes her uncle King Creon's edict of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead. She insists that she is not alone in defending divinely ordained rights of all Thebans to below ground burials. She says that other townspeople feel as she does but are so afraid of Creon that they keep quiet.
That everyone except Creon and the chorus oppose it is the conclusion about sentencing Antigone to death in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon issues an edict that his niece, Princess Antigone, disobeys. The civil disobedience makes Antigone eligible for the mandatory death sentence. But just about everyone - her aunt Eurydice, her betrothed Haemon, her sister Ismene and Teiresias the blind prophet - oppose Antigone's death. Creon and the chorus basically stand alone in believing that her deed may be correct but that her uncontrolled passionate outbursts earn Antigone her death.
How is Creon in conflict with Antigone
That they can be bribed is the motive that Creon assigns to those who oppose him in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon announces that opposition exists to him and his rule in Thebes. He characterizes his opponents as powerful and wealthy but cowardly. He describes them as bribing to do for money what they themselves are too cowardly to do.
Creon is Antigone's uncle.
That they oppose him is what Antigone tells Creon about other townspeople in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone dislikes her uncle King Creon's edict of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead. She insists that she is not alone in defending divinely ordained rights of all Thebans to below ground burials. She says that other townspeople feel as she does but are so afraid of Creon that they keep quiet.
If Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in "Antigone," Antigone is to be sentenced to death.
Quietly supportive is what describes the community's reaction to Antigone's defiance of Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon mentions that there is opposition to his controversial edict of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead. Princess Antigone, Prince Haemon and Teiresias the blind prophet likewise indicate that Thebans suffer in silence. Antigone and Haemon describe Thebans as too afraid of Creon's temper to dare to openly oppose him.
Creon is his dad and antigone is his cousin
That they oppose but fear him is what Haemon says about the people of Thebes' allegiance to Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Prince Haemon advises his father, King Creon, that the recent edict of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead is unpopular among Thebans. He cautions that Thebans oppose Creon and support the rebellion of Princess Antigone, Haemon's betrothed and Creon's niece. He warns that Theban suffering increases daily, but that the signs are hidden by the people's fear of their sovereign.
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.
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