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Antigone

In the play Antigone, by Sophocles, the character Creon goes through many different conflicts. Each of these conflicts helps to shape the way he feels and how he judges people and actions. His point of view and feelings change from the beginning of the play to the end due to these conflicts he has with people.
The first conflict in the play is between him and Antigone. She has broken his law and buried her brother Polynices when Creon had declared he would never be buried for he was a traitor and an enemy of the state. Creon feels he is right in his judgments because Polynices was an enemy and attacked their homeland and thus was not worthy of being buried as a normal man. Antigone felt she was right in her actions because she felt that the laws of the gods greatly outweighed those of man. In the end, Creon sentenced her to be buried alive for her crimes.
The second conflict occurs between Creon and his son Haemon. Haemon comes to Creon to ask him to reconsider his point of view......


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