Analyze the character of Creon in the Antigone.

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Analyze the character of Creon in the Antigone.

Question Description

Short Essay 2 – 3 pages

Write a short essay that responds to the following prompt. The rubric and requirements for this essay can the Grading Rubrics page under “Course Home.”.

In reading Antigone, it’s fairly natural to see Antigone as a good, principled woman who is wronged by the dogmatic, inflexible Creon. But if you had to defend Creon’s actions, what would you say? Does he have any justifiable reason for acting the way he does?