In Antigone, they have problems but not just normal problems, problems with the law. They as in Antigone and her sister Ismene. The person Antigone is fighting against is Creon. Antigone and Creon have similarities and which they both show their true colors and they are both good and bad. They both have their differences as well which are Antigone is loyal to her family and Creon is not and Antigone is loyal to the gods and Creon is loyal to the state.
Antigone is loyal to her family she even talks about it with Ismene and she says, "I am going to hurry him. Will you come" (prologue, 30-35)? Antigone is happy that one of her brothers got buried but scramming mad that her other brother didn't get buried. Antigone is also loyal to the gods. In scene two she says that it's not the gods fault that her brother wasn't allowed to get buried it was Creon's fault.
Creon is different he is not loyal to his family because he says in scene one that his job is more important than anything. This can mean a lot of things but this means he has no loyalty for his family or else he would have said that his family is important too. Creon is also loyal to the state because he says, "To follow the course that he knows is best for the state" (I, 20-25). This means that the state is his main priority.
Antigone shows her pride by saying, "There is no guilt in reverence for the dead" (II, 121). Antigone says something that shows how she is and she says that she will love not hate. When she says this it doesn't mean she's all good because no one can do that but she is simply saying that she is not a fighter she is a lover.
Creon is also a proud character for example he says, "That is my will. Take care that do your part"(I,55). Creon shows he true colors when he starts yelling at Choragos about the gods. When he's yelling at Choragos he's saying why would the gods favor Polyneices' corpse. That shows that he follows his own self.
Antigone and Creon are both to blame for the tragic ending because Antigone disobeyed the law and Creon wasn't thinking responsible. Both of their actions were asinine because their caught up in their feelings. When Antigone disobeyed the law she knew what she was doing but she could have tried reasoning with him more directly. How Creon reacted to what Antigone was doing was wrong because he wasn't thinking like a king.
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