ise of Creon. With Haimon, Antigone, and Creons own wife dead, he knows that he is wrong, and is humbled in the eyes of the Gods. 3.Critical OpinionsAntigone has been available for criticism for a very long time. Undoubtedly, opinions regarding this work have changed dramatically throughout hundreds of years. As time passes, cultures develop, and norms arise within societies, the meaning of this play can change along with the times. H.D.F Kitto feels that Antigone deals mainly with issues concerning the fate of Creon. Antigone is not present for the second half of the play, and Kitto thinks that Sophocles purposely composed the play in this manner so that the audience can focus on the dilemma surrounding Creon. The heroine drops out halfway through and leaves us to do are best with Creon. Kitto continues to argue that the play is really focused on two main characters, and not just Antigone. He feels that the play cannot be understood in its entirety until the audience comes to the realization that the fate of Creon is just as important, if not more so, than the fate of Antigone. The last part of the Antigone makes no sense until we realize that there is not one central character but two, and that of the two, the significant one to Sophocles was always Creon. Kitto views the whole play as a vehicle for Sophocles to show the fate of Creon. Antigones fate has already been decided before the conclusion of the first scene, and although the play does initially deal with the compassion felt by Antigone for her brother, the overwhelming bulk of the play is set up to present Creon to the audience for judgment. The conflict between Antigone and Creon is indeed vivid and poignant, but there underlies it a deeper one: that between Creon and the Gods, between the tyrant and the ultimate realities (Kitto 43).The opinion derived in the second analysis I have chosen to present differs a little from the first, however the author of this article seem...
