An example, is Creon said " Do not seek to be master in everything, for the things you mastered did not follow you throughout your life. Furthermore, this shows the end. Antigone Therefore, he does not allow the burial of Antigone's brother because he did not place the good of his country first. He was a traitor is Creon's eyes. Creon made this law for the good of his country. The following statement that Creon makes exemplifies this: "I could never make that man a friend of mine who menaces our country", "Never will the traitor be honored above the patriot" Antigone Creon's argument is for loyalty to the country and he does not think that the gods would have an Haemon says, "No woman ever deserved death less, and such a brutal death for such a glorious action…Death?
Anouilh's Creon goes so far as to admit the "childish stupidity" of his own decree. He even confides in Antigone that he is not certain which brother's body was buried. He insists, though, that once knowledge of her act is public, the matter is entirely beyond his control. There is a point of no return past which he is powerless to act. In becoming king, an instrument of the State, Creon can no longer assert his will as an individual, morally or otherwise. However, their efforts do not stop the prophecy from being fulfilled.
Therefore, Laius and Jocasta choose to defy fate. This shows that although the characters have power to make their own decisions, they do not have enough power to stop the prophecy from being fulfilled.
He did so without any evidence or proof. He just did accused Creon without thinking about the consequences. Ismene then imagines life without her sister. The idea of losing the only kin she has left on Earth terrifies Ismene. Creon immediately made the decision that Polyneices would not be buried even though he was family.
He still was a traitor and because of this he would not receive the privilege of being buried. Anyone who did bury him would be killed. Creon shows he doesn't care about anyone when he finds out Antigone buried Polyneices. He tells Antigone, "And yet you dared defy the law" I. While Oedipus is intent on saying what he means and on hearing the truth—even when Jocasta begs and pleads with him not to—Creon is happy to dissemble and equivocate.
At lines —, Creon argues that he has no desire to usurp Oedipus as king because he, Jocasta, and Oedipus rule the kingdom with equal power—Oedipus is merely the king in name.
Creon is at his most dissembling in Oedipus at Colonus, where he once again needs something from Oedipus. His honey-tongued speeches to Oedipus and Theseus are made all the more ugly by his cowardly attempt to kidnap Antigone and Ismene. In Antigone, we at last see Creon comfortable in the place of power. Eteocles and Polynices, like their father, are dead, and Creon holds the same unquestioned supremacy that Oedipus once held.
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