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Theban King Creon went to save Antigone, because he finally accepted what the blind prophet Teiresias foretold. The King consulted the prophet, because he was upset about how his conversation had ended with his sole surviving child, Haemon. Teiresias explained that Thebes had a plague because of the pollution from the rotting, unburied corpses of the disloyal Theban dead. The King didn't like the answer, and began insulting Teiresias. The prophet then warned the King that there shortly was going to be mourning within the royal household if the King didn't undo the evil that he had done to his nephew Polyneices and his niece Antigone. The play had opened with King Creon refusing to allow the burial of Polyneices, a disloyal Theban in the recent armed struggle against the Argive invaders and their Theban collaborators. Antigone disobeyed the order, and carried out the proper funerary rites and rituals. The King therefore sentenced her to be walled up in a remote cave. It only was due to Teiresias' prophecy about the royal household that the King had Polyneices' body properly buried. Likewise was it only due to that same prophecy that the King ordered the wall breached and Antigone removed. But he was too late. For his son, as Antigone's first cousin and her betrothed, had gotten there first.
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Why does Creon want the guards to hurry Antigone to her tomb?
Creon wants the guards to hurry to Antigone in the cave because Teiresias (the blind prophet) told him that two family members would die is Antigone did. So at that, Creon needed to save her.
How Creon is in conflict with Antigone?
How is Creon in conflict with Antigone
What makes Creon relevant in Antigone?
Creon is Antigone's uncle.
What is supposed to happen if Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in 'Antigone'?
If Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in "Antigone," Antigone is to be sentenced to death.
What is haemon's relationship to creon and to Antigone?
Creon is his dad and antigone is his cousin
Why does Creon want the guards to hurry Antigone to her tomb?
Creon wants the guards to hurry to Antigone in the cave because Teiresias (the blind prophet) told him that two family members would die is Antigone did. So at that, Creon needed to save her.
How Creon is in conflict with Antigone?
How is Creon in conflict with Antigone
What makes Creon relevant in Antigone?
Creon is Antigone's uncle.
What is supposed to happen if Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in 'Antigone'?
If Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in "Antigone," Antigone is to be sentenced to death.
What is haemon's relationship to creon and to Antigone?
Creon is his dad and antigone is his cousin
What was Creon's wife's name in Antigone?
Creon's wife's name in Antigone is Eurydice.
How does Creon react to Haemon defending Antigone in 'Antigone'?
Angrily, insensitively and insultingly is the way in which Creon reacts to Haemon defending Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Prince Haemon is first cousin and husband-to-be of Princess Antigone. Haemon's father, King Creon, issues a law that Antigone breaks and for which the sentence is death. Haemon loves Antigone and unsuccessful tries to save her. It is a lost cause since Creon thinks one woman is like any other and therefore completely replaceable.
Why does the sentry bring Antigone to Creon?
To save himself from the king's threat to kill him if he does not find the culprit.
How is Antigone related to Creon in 'Antigone'?
Niece to uncle is Antigone's relationship to Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is the eldest daughter of disgraced Theban monarchs Oedipus and Jocasta. Queen Jocasta is Creon's sister. Antigone therefore is Creon's niece.
Is Creon or Antigone the greater protagonist?
Antigone is,
What final plea does Ismene make to spare Antigone in 'Antigone'?
That Creon's son loves and will marry her is the final plea that Ismene makes to spare Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon expects to execute his niece Princess Antigone for breaking his law and burying her brother Polyneices. Antigone makes no attempt to change Creon's opinion. But Princess Ismene tries to save her sister's life by reminding Creon of the great love and marriage plans between his niece Antigone and his son Prince Haemon.
Why does Creon let Antigone bury her brother?
He doesn't let Antigone bury her brother. When he found out that she disobeyed him, Creon had Antigone killed.
