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In Antigone, Sophocles presents the downfall of a Homeric king and the consequences of his unjust acts. His vision was blinded by his pride, loyalty and patriotism to the state. The values that he followed were set in stone, characterized by his unwillingness to listen and adhere to his people. The future family that he would have possessed crumbled before his eyes. He became a dictator who took control of his people and stripped the …

…but of his manhood. Living in a patriarchal society, it is understood as to why Kreon would be filled with rage by the defiance of Antigone, his future daughter-in-law. Animosity and hatred fills his mind giving him the freedom to assert his rule in any way, shape or form. Nothing can sway from the fact that Kreon has become a tyrant; this is what he has become and this is what he will suffer for.