Time will heal!
When I finished reading “Antigone” play, I sympathize towards Creon’s situation at the end of the play. I feel sad for him because he lost his family members at the end of the play. I feel that it is very hard for him to accept the lost of his family members due to his own mistake. He could hardly forgive himself for his wrong doings. This can be showed in line 1263-1265, where he says “I know not where to turn mine eyes. All my misdeeds before me rise. Lead I away, brought low, undone.” In addition, this clearly reveals that he will suffer for the rest of his life. In my opinion, I feel that Creon’s misjudgment of Antigone should not deserve such a big punishment from God. I feel that Creon’s decision of not burying Polyneices is due to his pride- common human nature. Most probably he wants to show his power towards his people so that his people will not go against him. Besides that, it is not him who killed Antigone, but Antigone hangs herself. If Antigone does not kill herself, Creon would have probably saved her and he would not go through the pain that he suffers later. Moreover, I feel that after he listens to the advice from Tiresies and the chorus, he has the intention to save Antigone. Unfortunately, it is too late when he realizes that Antigone and his son had died. It is not his fault when Antigone and his son died because he took the initiative to save her. It is Antigone and Haemon, who are very emotional that makes them to kill themselves. Thus, when Creon has to accept the death of Antigone, his son, and his wife, I feel that it is traumatizing for him to accept the fact as he is the head of the family and losing his family members one after the other would be a terrible punishment for a man to undergo. Lastly, Creon, as a king of a country would be definitely affected emotionally and mentally as losing all his family members is not a simple matter to be easily forgotten at once. Personally I do feel that it would also affect his duty of ruling the country and I believe that only time has the power to heal his pain!
When I finished reading “Antigone” play, I sympathize towards Creon’s situation at the end of the play. I feel sad for him because he lost his family members at the end of the play. I feel that it is very hard for him to accept the lost of his family members due to his own mistake. He could hardly forgive himself for his wrong doings. This can be showed in line 1263-1265, where he says “I know not where to turn mine eyes. All my misdeeds before me rise. Lead I away, brought low, undone.” In addition, this clearly reveals that he will suffer for the rest of his life. In my opinion, I feel that Creon’s misjudgment of Antigone should not deserve such a big punishment from God. I feel that Creon’s decision of not burying Polyneices is due to his pride- common human nature. Most probably he wants to show his power towards his people so that his people will not go against him. Besides that, it is not him who killed Antigone, but Antigone hangs herself. If Antigone does not kill herself, Creon would have probably saved her and he would not go through the pain that he suffers later. Moreover, I feel that after he listens to the advice from Tiresies and the chorus, he has the intention to save Antigone. Unfortunately, it is too late when he realizes that Antigone and his son had died. It is not his fault when Antigone and his son died because he took the initiative to save her. It is Antigone and Haemon, who are very emotional that makes them to kill themselves. Thus, when Creon has to accept the death of Antigone, his son, and his wife, I feel that it is traumatizing for him to accept the fact as he is the head of the family and losing his family members one after the other would be a terrible punishment for a man to undergo. Lastly, Creon, as a king of a country would be definitely affected emotionally and mentally as losing all his family members is not a simple matter to be easily forgotten at once. Personally I do feel that it would also affect his duty of ruling the country and I believe that only time has the power to heal his pain!
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