Antigone Creon, the new king of Thebes, condemns his son's disobedient fiancé, Antigone, to death for her religious beliefs that disagree with Creon's order. He uses her to set an example for the entire city of Thebes, for she is the first person to ever deliberately disobey Creon's order not the bury her late brother, who has been declared a traitor of the city. "Imagine it: I caught her naked rebellion, the traitor, the only one in the whole city. I'm not about to prove myself a liar, not to my people, no, I'm going to kill her!"(731-34) Creon believes that if he does not follow through on his word the people of Thebes will not respect h....

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