Antigone. In this play, obedience, to an extent, is not essential as we can see many examples of how Creon is not respected. Antigone, Ismene do not respect him.

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1. In the beginning of the second stasiman, the chorus begins to talk about Antigone and her family. They say that the family is full of tragedies, “generation after generation”. For example, it says, “I have seen the sorrows… Grief upon grief” This shows the sadness that keeps piling up in their family. They then say, “No generation can escape. A god always strike” This is a way in which the chorus are trying to tell the audience how there is a curse that will always be in their family and it all started with Oedipus. Now Antigone and Ismene are trying to run away from their fate, but they are slowly approaching it. 2. According to the chorus on line 614, they say, “ No pride can escape the anger of the Gods” In the play, we notice that Creon has pride because he is not able to give Antigone a chance to talk when everyone, including his son Haemon think she deserves it.3. Creon, who is the father of Haemon expects him to
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‘never put anything above his father’. He is talking about his decision of the Antigone case. He also expects his son “to never prove good for nothing” or to be useless because he does not want his enemies to laugh at him. This shows he only cares for himself, as he expects his son to make him look good.4. In this play, obedience, to an extent, is not essential as we can see many examples of how Creon is not respected. Antigone, Ismene do not respect him. Antigone informed Creon that she buried her brother by telling him that it ...

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