Life before literature was so simple. People were known to be born, make something of their lives, then die. But, then I read works life ancient Greek tragedies and I begin to wonder whether or not my story is what I want it to be or what has already been written for me. In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon is a character whose mind is also pulled by the desire to resist fate, and the other to avoid the consequence of doing so. His overbearing pride eventually influences him to make the ultimate decision of resisting his decided fate. Creon’s scenario is a microcosm for the play’s theme of the struggle between fate and free will. The meaning of this struggle is to express punishments people suffer when trying to control their own destiny.
Creon is illustrated to have characteristics of excessive pride and great arrogance, which end up causing his downfall. In the beginning of the play, Creon orders that one of two brothers who died in battle against each other should not be buried due to his treasonous acts. However, this was not his place to make this sentence. Because of his egocentric disposition, he feels that he has the divine right to give this command. This is a key factor in his struggle to resist destiny because he thinks he is of the position to determine fate. It was in the god's’ hands, but Creon felt that his law…show more content… The meanings and interpretations of these things will never stop changing. For instance, the cost of a two lives in ancient Greek times was worth teaching a lesson of fate’s inescapability. Today, audiences see this as cruel and unusual for any deity to do. Sophocles wrote Creon to have an unavoidable tragic flaw, serving as a warning to audiences to not let excessive pride and arrogance get the best of them. Even those with great power cannot escape their destiny predetermined by the
