Antigone compare\contrast

Some people do anything for a family member. In the tragic play Antigone, by Sophocles, one sister would do anything to bury the brother she loves. She encounters pain, solitude, and eventually death. She opposes Creon, the ruler of Thebus, who won’t allow the burial of her brother Polyneices. The conflict between Antigone and Creon are the results of both their similarities and their differences.

Everyone has their differences. In Antigone, Creon and Antigone have quite a few. Antigone is very loyal to her family and would do about anything for them. As she said, “Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way” (scene 1, line 36). She is saying nothing is going to stop her from buying her brother. Antigone is also loyal to the gods. In scene four Antigone explains to Creon how the gods know what she did is a good deed. Creon however, is the opposite of Antigone. Unlike Antigone, Creon is loyal to the state. He says “Such a man is the very worst of men and will be, and a man who thinks more highly of a friend than of his country, well he means nothing to me “. That indicates that his country is more important that his friends or his family. In scene five when Teiresias tells him he has to bury Polyneices and free Antigone or he would pay flesh of his own flesh, as stated my Teiresias, Creon was to late causing the death of two of his family members.

Creon and Antigone do however, have some similarities. One of those similarities is pride. Antigone takes pride in burring her brother and states, “I do, I deny nothing “(scene 2, line 59) to Creon when Creon asked her if she was the one who buried Polyneices, her brother.  That line proves that Antigone takes no shame in breaking the law and is not afraid of the consequences. In scene two when Antigone is talking to Creon, she doesn't have any regret in doing what she did. Antigone is not the only one who has pride. Creon says, “You will give no support to whoever breaks this law”. That shows he will punish who ever opposes his law. In scene three he tells the blind prophet, Teiresias that no matter what he says nothing is going to change his fate. In other words, he doesn't believe him.

Both Antigone and Creon are to blame for this tragic occurrence. Creon was to stubborn and hubris to be proven wrong by a women, he always wanted to be right no matter what. He also put his laws before the gods and his family. Antigone is also to blame because she went against the laws of Creon and if she still wanted to go against the law, she should have been more secretive about it.   That’s how their conflict brought the death to 3 people: Antigone, Haymen son of Creon, and Eurydice wife of Creon. These are the differences and similarities between Antigone and Creon.