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John Frye
Mrs. Gleason
Honors English 10
4 March 2015
Power, to a Degree
In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles, Creon, the antagonist to Antigone his
niece, is a prideful, stubborn, and bitter king. He took the throne after watching
Antigone’s brothers fight to the death because they both wanted power over the city of
Thebes. As the ruler Creon uses his power to inflict harsh rule over the city. He thinks
that whatever he says goes, even though most of the time he does not realize that his…
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