Unfit Ruler

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    In Antigone,Creon is the ruler of the city, due to winning a battle for it.He is now the stand-in leader for the city and enforces all the laws.Creon is the type of man who will make a decision,regardless of being right or wrong,just because he wants the ordeal to be over with already.Creon is portrayed in the story as a leader who holds anyone accountable in a crime that has the least bit of involvement.This is evident when Antigone is captured and Ismene turns herself in for just talking about the crime with Antigone,and Creon decides to kill both of them out of frustration of deciding who's right and wrong.Creon makes his decision without any counsel,or advice,which is a big mistake for a ruler,because he only sees things one way,in this case,he only sees that Antigone wrongfully buried he brother,he does not see the connection that they had even though Creon is connected with Antigone through family.Creon has the tendency to act quickly out of anger and frustration,he shows this when he threatens to kill every man in the military police until they find the killer or confess to the act themselves.This is one of his flaws because, killing every man is not going to get him closer to his killer,it is just going to scare his military which might turn on his out of fear and scare the city's people into not confessing if they saw or heard anything,he tends to not think of the consequences of his actions.He seems to be aware of his flaws when it is discovered that Antigone and Creon's son are soon to be wed,and Creon knows that his son might be disappointing in his decision but still goes through with the decision to kill his son's wife to be.Creon goes through with his decision without telling his son and tells his son afterwards.Creon mixes fear with the strictness of the law and uses them both to attempt to find the person who committed the crime,and mixes it all with his impulsiveness which is the sign of a leader unfit to rule a city.