In Sophocles’ Antigone, the three forms of rhetorical proof are used against Creon. Antigone uses ethos, Haemon uses ethos and logos, and Tiresias uses pathos. Antigone is the first one to rebel against Creon. She uses ethos to do so by saying, ”But all your strength is weakness itself against the immortal unrecorded laws of God” (scene 2, lines 69-70). This established her credibility by making it seem like she knows what the gods believe is right. This also establishes a sense of identity by showing that Antigone believes that she is on the same side as the gods. However, none of this sways Creon The next person to defy Creon is his son, Haemon. He uses ethos in the beginning of the scene. By saying, “Nothing is closer to me than your
