nts to be a witness to whatever else he isgoing to do. She labels him as the source of her own death, as well. This is wheresomething finally clicks with Creon and for the first time he has a moment to mourn forhis own repugnant actions and the consequences that came with them. Finally, heunderstands that he is nothing but "a rash weak foolish man" (pg 252).This entire play is quite the example of cause and effect, one loss led to another,all of which was caused by Creon's insolence. But he was after all, doing what was bestfor his country. A 'selfless' act that was really anything but. His pride was the undoing ofhis whole world and the play ends on a tragic note. For him, "it's hard to eat my wordsbut harder still to court catastrophe through overriding pride" (pg240). Maybe sometimesyou need to compromise....
