Creon's Attitude To Death In Antigone

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In this section, Antigone encourages Ismene to help bury their brother, Polynices. He died a terrible death and Antigone believes he deserves a proper burial no matter what everyone else says about the way he died fighting against the city. Creon has specifically asked that no person mourn or touch his corpse and to “leave him unburied for the dogs to tear.” Ismene agrees to do one thing for Antigone in her master plan: to not tell anyone what she is going to do. Creon becomes king because he inherits the throne. Eteocles, Ismene and Antigone’s good brother, died fighting for the city is given a proper burial. Policies on the other hand wanted to fight his brother and they both ended up killing each other. A sentry comes to talk to Creon about…show more content…
Live your life. I gave myself to death,/ long ago, so I might serve the dead” (630-631). She wants Ismene to stop trying to b courageous and to just go. She believes she deserves death and her sister doesn’t. Haemon unveils his protection of Antigone by stating, “[...] she could’t bear to leave him dead, unburied,/ food for the wild dogs or wheeling vultures./ Death? She deserves a glowing crown of gold!” (780-782). He believes what Antigone did was completely acceptable and even admired by the citizens of Thebes. He is tired of having his father throw away his advice because he’s…show more content…
What he’s saying to Creon is he is depriving the dead of another soul by leaving Polynices’ body without burial. Creon has also contained Antigone in her stone tomb and left her there to die, therefore taking someone living and making her potentially wait for death. The Leader explains to Creon, “For mortal men/ there is no escape from the doom we must endure” (1457-1458). The Leader is saying that Creon needs to fight through the pain and suffering because he can’t change fate. How he lives on or dies now is up to the

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