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To What Extent and in What ways are the characters of Creon and Antigone driven by Moral Imperatives or a Willful Impulse to Self Destruction.
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Written by:- Rish Banerjee (word count : 1565) Antigone To What Extent and in What ways are the characters of Creon and Antigone driven by Moral Imperatives or a Willful Impulse to Self Destruction. Antigone is story of divine retribution and human imperfectness. In this tragedy a powerful king, Creon is brought down by the Gods because of his contempt against their divine laws and true justice is shown to triumph at the end. Creon makes the mistake of putting his personal views over and above the divine laws and fails in the eyes of the Gods. He makes the mistake of testing the Gods' power and the remaining story is basically the degeneration of Creon. After the 'crime' of Antigone, Creon is increasingly shown to be lone warrior in his cause and family and well wishers start deserting him. As the tragedy progresses Creon becomes increasingly more hostile and finally by the destruction...
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