Creon; Guilty or Innocent?

Mai Lee
Ms. Peifer
10IB HR. 04
26 November 2008

Creon; Guilty of Charge
What kind of stubborn man usually gets what he want? A king of course, and to be specific that king is Creon. Trying to control a kingdom at the risk of loosing everything and risking the lives of his family and himself for something so little that can be resolved in such a simple matter of time. Creon is stubborn and only goes by his decisions and opinions rather than others. Creon gets what he wants when he demands it and also has the power to control anything he likes and dislikes.

Creon is a guilty man who deserves nothing but the worst! The first piece of evidence found is that Creon is mainly the cause of chaos and trouble in his kingdom. He was the man who made the rule to not bury Polyneices which is his own niece of blood. Also he has an argument with his son about obeying him. He is not a right father when he says "I swear you'll regret this superior tone of yours! You are the empty one!"(123-124) Also when he says "You girls struck fool, don't play at words with me"(126). That is not the right way to father a son, he acted as if Haimon was his servant.

Also going back about the burial of Polyneices, Creon was the cause of Antigone's death. He ordered for Polyneices to have no burial and out of love, Antigone went ahead and buried her brother anyways. She was just doing the right thing to bury and give peace to her brother, Creon should not have taken her into captive. He was the one who caused her death when he repeatedly tells her to go to hell. You can find evidence of this when he says "Find it in hell"(120), also "And there let her pray the gods of hell"(145). She is a woman and he is a king, is it right for him to talk to her like that? No of course not.

My third and last piece of evidence is that Creon actually admits he is guilty. After all he has done, his whole family members have died, his people have lost his power and strength. He finally admits that he himself is guilty. In line 121 he says "I alone am guilty." Creon doesn't realize his wrong doings until all has happened in the end. With all of the evidence being told and the criminal's act of admittance, Creon is guilty.

Works Cited
Sophocles. "Antigone." Literature Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: World Literature. Trans. DudleyFitts and RobertFitts. Upper Saddlerive: Prentice Hall, 2001
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Dear Sister Antigone,

Dear Sister Antigone,
I have realized much that you want our brother, Polyneices to be buried and to rest in peace, but in this position it is much far too dangerous to do so. I have much sorrow as to have acted upon myself and disagreed with you. You are my elder sister and I should have went with you to bury Polyneices. I understand that you just want both our brothers to be buried the same way, but like I have said before this is just too dangerous. Your plan to cover him up with dust to keep away the dogs and vultures and other animals is smart but what if the dust doesn't work? What if it gets blown away from the wind? Either way, sadly, the vigorous animals will find the corpse from the rotting smells and eat away at his body. But at this moment I feel that you have too much confidence, I just hope that you know what you are doing and everything goes well. What you have gotten yourself into is the most that I fear about right now. The moment that Creon finds out about this burial he will be on the look out for Polyneices corpse and you will be his main suspect. I will certainly stick with you along the way now that both of our brothers are gone. I hope the best for you, don't let anything get in your way. Good luck sister!

Love.
Your Sister Ismene

Blogging and Technology....

It's funny how blogging just became the new thing for our English class. First we were writing literary response journals on paper in class and now we are typing online at home, about what our first time blogging is like. I think that's cool because I feel like it's easier to write and express our feelings. I actually enjoy reading all the interesting and different blogs online. Technology has totally made this world a better place. I think the first time I've ever started using computers was like the 2ND grade or something, can't really remember. I was never really interested in computers until i learned about the internet and what I could do on the internet (interact with people across the world). Yeah it's actually pretty awesome:) Blogging is fun, but I don't have time to get on at all, but like I said "I will try". Trying is better than nothing right? By the way I'm such a slow type-er so it's a little more challenged for me. My first experience with blogging wasn't as easy as I thought it would actually be, but I'm glad Ms. Peifer thought of this idea and let us try it too. It's a really creative and a good way to let us express our feelings. Alright I'm guessing that's way more than 200 words.