In Antigone Creon seems to hold the idea that everything (including divine law) is
subordinate to the state. Creon proclaims "Anarchy -/show me a greater crime in all the
earth"(94,752-753). Creon later realizes that there may be things more important than the
state but by that time everyone is dead. Creon is also full of the kind of unfair blind anger
of a tyrant. This is very obvious when he decides that with no culprit at hand to take the
blame for the burial that the messenger should take responsibility. Creon allows no doubt
Some common words found in the essay are: Antigone Creon, Instead Ismene,
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