Creon's Hamartia: pride, prejudice and tragic destiny A world of men is in fact depicted in ancient Thebes in Sophocles' Antigone. After the bloody civil war, the new reigning king, Creon, decreed a ban on the burial of Polyneices. Polyneices was a traitor to the state and leader of the civil war against Creon. His law against burial strongly contradicted Greek religious law. Antigone rebelliously decided to bury her brother despite the law. Antigone is then accused of her crime and sentenced to a brutal death. Antigone's execution causes Creon's son to kill himself, and ultimately Creon's wife also takes her own life. Creon is left alone to sulk in his misery. Ultimately, Creon's hamartia is his unwillingness to yield to the virtue of the gods. Initially, he assumed that the culprit must be a man, as demonstrated when he said, "I am very sure that these men hired others to do this thing." ." (325, Sophocles) as well as when he told Sentry to "find this man" (337, Sophocles) emphasizing the man. Creon thought that only men would oppose his rule and would never have foreseen that a woman she would have been brave enough to challenge her law. This line reflects her submissive view of women as a whole. It stereotypes women as submissive by nature as Ismene; When it is revealed that a woman has disobeyed him, he becomes even more angry. Creon declares, "When I am alive no woman will rule" (577, Sophocles), as if the burial of a woman's brother undermines the integrity of his authority. He sees Antigone's actions as a personal attack on his authority, rather than a duty to maintain divine rules. Creon placed more importance on worldly laws than on divine order and was not swayed from his point of view because the most. he was brave to plead the cause