Creon's Hamartia: Pride, Prejudice and Tragic Destiny A man's world is indeed represented in the ancient Thebes of Sophocles' Antigone. After the bloody civil war, the new ruling king, Creon, decreed a ban on the burial of Polyneices. Polynices was a traitor to the state and the leader of the civil war against Creon. His law against burial greatly contradicted Greek religious law. Antigone, rebellious, decides 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 commit suicide and eventually, Creon's wife commits suicide as well. Creon finds himself alone in sulking his misery. Ultimately, Creon's hamartia is his refusal to yield to the virtue of the gods. He originally assumed that the culprit must have been a man, which he demonstrated when he said, "I am very sure that these men hired others to do this thing." ". (325, Sophocles) as well as when he tells Sentry to "find this man" (337, Sophocles), the emphasis is on the man. Creon assumed that only men would oppose his rule and never anticipated that a woman would be bold enough to challenge his rule This line reflects his subservient view of women as a whole He stereotypes women as submissive in nature like Ismene; of Antigone When it is revealed that a woman has disobeyed him, he is all the more furious Creon declares: "In my lifetime, no woman will rule" (577, Sophocles), as if the burial of the. brother of a woman undermined the integrity of his authority He sees Antigone's actions as a personal attack on his authority, rather than a duty to respect divine rules. of the world than to the divine order and refused to be influenced by his opinion because the most courageous to plead his cause was