Creon

Speech parts

1. Creon - Noun

2. Creon - Proper noun

Meaning

(Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus

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Examples

Now such an one for daughter Creon had As maketh wise men fools and young men mad. William Morris

Although Creon has a change of heart and heads to the tomb to release Antigone, Creon's son Hæmon (who was engaged to Antigone) stabs himself after seeing that Antigone has hanged herself in the tomb. Source: Internet

Antigone is brought before Creon, and states that she knew Creon's law regarding no mourning for Polynices but chose to break it, expounding upon the superiority of 'divine law' to that made by man. Source: Internet

Her suicide triggers the suicide of two others close to King Creon: his son, Haemon, who was to wed Antigone, and his wife, Eurydice, who commits suicide after losing her only surviving son. Source: Internet

In his narrow and unduly rigid to his civic duties, Creon has defied the gods through his denial of humanity’s common obligations toward the dead. Source: Internet

Creon sentences her to death. Source: Internet

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