ng, Creon. Creon’s pride filled and stubborn decision led him to what he got and ultimately he led himself to his terrible fate. “Creon could have changed his mind, and there were a fare amount of warnings. But his decisions lend him an empty life that could have been adverting if only he would have put his pride aside for a while”(Wharton 295). Creon acknowledges his great mistake in being prideful and realizes how his pride caused suffering.Both Antigone and Creon have their own ideas of what is “right” and what is “wrong”. This is to say that we should not make assumptions about whether or not something is right or wrong, unless the answer to that is apparently clear. Antigone’s opinion is one that supports the gods and the laws of the heavens. Her reasoning is set by her belief that if someone were not given a proper burial, that a person would not be accepted into heaven. Antigone was a very religious person and the acceptance of her brother by the gods was very important to her. Creon’s actions are guided by the ideal that man is the measure of all things. Creon believes that the good of man comes before the gods. Creon believes that the actions that the actions he had taken were in fact the right ones, because he believed that Polyneices was a traitor to the land, and anyone who would give him a proper burial would suffer the penalty of death. Creon is devoted to his laws while Antigone is loyal to her beliefs. Creon labels those who dare to act against him as traitors, and his justice is quick and cruel.Antigone shows her loyalty to her beliefs to give her brother a proper burial even if it is going to cost her own life. Antigone, in her plan to give her brother a proper burial, kept in mind the consequences she would suffer for having followed through with the plan. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Antigone does not obey the human law that is set up by king Creon; i...
