And so the play ends. Creon, wild with grief, takes responsibility for what he has done. In Greek tragedy, choice and fate are the same. Creon chose to designate his nephew’s body as that of a ...

“Antigone,” written by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles (497-405 B.C.), tells the ... burial or following the edict that he shall remain unburied. The new king, Creon, has decreed that mourning ...