What does Antigone do when she is brought before Creon? What does Ismene do when she is brought before Creon?
She tries to take some of the blame for burying Polyneices
What finally happens to Antigone?
Antigone commits suicide soon
after she is put in a cave to die. Haemon, distressed over her death, also commits suicide in front of his father. Eurycide, Creon’s wife, also commits suicide after she hears about the death of her son and dies bringing down curses her husband.
What is Antigone’s punishment for defying Creon?
Polynices however, because of his dishonor towards Thebes will have his body left unburied above ground, to be eaten by scavengers and wild beasts. Punishment for defying Creon and burying Polynices is
death by stoning
.
What happens to Creon at the end of Antigone?
Creon survives at the end of the play,
retaining rulership of Thebes, gaining in wisdom as he mourns the death of his wife and son
. Haemon, Creon’s son, commits suicide after Antigone’s death. Eurydice, Creon’s wife, commits suicide after hearing of the death of her son Haemon.
How does Antigone provoke Creon?
How does Antigone help provoke Creon?
She is sarcastic and calls him a tyrant
.
Who is Tiresias what happens when he comes to talk to Creon?
“The blind prophet Tiresias tells Creon that he has angered the gods and that Creon is to blame for the people’s prayers going unanswered. […] Tiresias calls
Creon a tyrant and warns him that he will lose his son”
(eNotes). It is stubborn pride and a will for power that keep Creon from yielding to Tiresias’ advice.
Why does Creon decide not to bury Polyneices?
Creon exiled Oedipus from Thebes after Oedipus killed his father and married his mother. Creon also declared that Polyneices would not receive a proper burial
because he committed treason against his own city
.
What is Creon’s greatest fear?
Creon’s greatest fear is:
War
.
Angering the gods
.
Why does Antigone want to bury Polyneices?
Why Did Antigone Bury Polyneices?
Antigone buried her brother out of devotion and loyalty to both the Gods and her family
. Without one or the other, she would not have had the courage or thought of going against Creon’s law and putting her life out on the line.
Why did Antigone hang herself?
When King Creon finds out, he becomes furious and orders Antigone to be walled up alive in a tomb. … Rather than live in dishonor,
Antigone sees it as her religious duty towards the gods and her brother to take her own life
by hanging herself.
What does Creon think a good ruler must be?
Killing his father and marrying his mother. Creon thinks above all, a good ruler must be?
A good ruler must be strong.
What are Antigone’s reasons for rejecting Creon’s order?
Antigones
decision to bury Polynices
also arose from a desire to bring honor to her family, not just to the gods. Antigone’s strong belief in standing up for family and her religious beliefs are the two factors that influenced her decision to break Creon’s law and bury her brother.
How does Creon feel at the end of the play?
What is Creon’s attitude at the end of the play?
He is repentant
. He wants to kill himself, because he knows that everything that has happened is his fault alone.
Why does Teiresias tell Creon to repair the evil?
Who is the blind prophet who comes to speak to King Creon? Teiresias. … What does the prophet claim can be done to repair the evil performed against the gods?
To give in and yield to what Crean has done- he needs to repair the evil with the gods.
What does Creon do to prevent his demise?
What does the choragus tell creon that he must do to prevent his downfall? He tells creon that
he must free antigone and give Polyneices a proper burial
.
What is the conflict between Creon and Tiresias?
The conflict between the king and the prophet echoes the conflict between Creon and Antigone. Once again we see the laws of man butting heads with
the ancient
laws of the gods. When Creon refuses to give in, Teiresias drops the knowledge that Creon’s own family will die as a result of his blasphemous actions.
