Similarities Between Antigone And Creon

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Sophocles states in his great work Antigone "All men make mistakes, it is only human."

This central message shows a motif, proving repeatedly that humans don't always know best.

Antigone isn't the only work of art that proves this to be true. The movies Shrek and The Lion

King also show that everybody, including the cowards and heroes and not just the villains, make

mistakes. What separates the hero from the villain and the coward is that the hero didn't let their

mistakes define them; they rose above it and became better than they were before.

In every story whether it be play, film, or even a fairytale there will always be a hero and

a villain. In Antigone, Creon, Opedipus’s brother –in- law, served as the …show more content…
Similar to Scar in the Lion King and Lord

Farquaad in Shrek, these villains share the same personality as well as goals. Each villain is

power- hungry, jealous, and arrogant, mainly focusing on invading the kingdom; “[they] were

bad through and through”(“Scar: So Bad”). Due to greed and envy Scar was willing to kill his

brother over power. Ego held Creon back from approving a proper burial “curses will be hurled

at you from far. ”(Chesla, Elizabeth). Villains show the viewers that we identify our best and

worst qualities by either disagreeing with the villain's actions or attempting to comprehend the

Some might say being a coward is worse than being a villain. The villain at least stands in

their truth, and never strays. In the play Antigone, Ismene serves as the coward whose minor role

underscores her sister’s grandeur and courage. Ismene fears helping Antigone bury Polynices,

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but offers to die beside Antigone when Creon sentences her to death. Antigone, however,

refuses to allow her sister to be tried for something she didn’t have the courage to stand up for. …show more content…
In the beginning of the movie, he shows this jealousy by not

attending the presentation of Simba. He points out the fact that he “was first in line, until the

little hairball was born.” His resentment and anger towards Mufasa grew strong enough that, he

usurped Mufasa’s place on the throne by murdering him. In movies Shrek 2 and 3, Prince

Charming plays a coward throughout because he was willing to destroy Shrek in order for Fiona

to need consoling so she can fall in love with him. This will transform Fiona from the ogre she

became into the beautiful Princess that she originally was born to be.

In Antigone, Antigone would serve as the hero archetype. Throughout the story, Antigone

displays heroism by playing the loyal character by honoring her brothers' death. The battle

between her two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, results in a double tragic loss. Antigone is

categorized as the hero because even when Creon, the ruler says "sworn no one shall bury him,

no one mourn for him" (Chesla), Antigone, in an act of rebellion, risks her life and put herself in

danger to give her brother a proper burial despite the choices he made prior to his death. In

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