In Sophocles’, Antigone, we are captured through tragedy, family drama, outbursts, and revealed secrets. When reading this, it will arouse emotions with in you that maybe you have or have not felt before. The characters in the story encounter multiple tragic events throughout time. Antigone and Creon are two of the major tragic figures within this play. Can a play write over thousands of years old connect to the way society works now? Is it possible that unfortunate fate is a hereditary issue, or do we bring the fate we have been given, upon ourselves due to the ignorance of our doings? Is power more important, than the morals you behold and the loyalty you bestow upon your family members? Today, “power” is used in our society to make the way of living life somewhat orderly and easier. We use power to set rules, to show people our beliefs and disbelief in their doings, and some would say they withhold power just to be boastful and feel in charge. Power is said to keep everyone in perfect harmony, this was a belief from thousands of years ago as well. In Antigone, one of the main characters, Creon, shows how power can be manipulated and used for the more corrupt side of things. Creon is best described as egotistic and bombastic, to say the very least. The story basically begins when the King of Thebes, Eteocles, and brother Polynices, have a battle and are both slain by each other. Creon, the uncle of both men, discovers the tragic deaths of the two nephews; he demands Eteocles have a proper burial. But, for Polynices, Creon demands that he be left out, to be devoured or decay with pure ugliness; because he was considered a traitor to his own family. Was Eteocles truly the traitor or was Creon trying to mask his true fear and foreshadow his own struggles of internal and external conflicts he’d soon be experiencing. Due to the death of Creon’s nephew, Creon was now to move up and hold down the throne for his state. This could