... about Polynices being buried he thinks that there are "rebels, a band of men against his word and law." Creon prides himself in being a good man and a responsible king. He rules his city with the contention that his law is the only law. Antigone may be stubborn, but Creon's motivation seems rooted in a lack of reason and desire to dominate. Indeed, Sophocles demonstrates the "sin of refusing to listen, and about a man who has never been told" (The True Tragedy - William Davies) supremely through Creon's character. On many occasions Creon speaks of honour and the ideal of goodness overruling evil, "I am determined that never, if I can help it, shall evil triumph over good.". Yet he fails to identify the completely hypocritical aspect of his decisions, to defy the laws of the god, in order to impose his laws, albeit in the cause of strengthening ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now