Creon: An Overreaction?

Creon is more like Oedipus than I ever thought possible. Creon’s character completely changed when he took the throne. Creon always appeared to be level-headed and in control of himself but all of that self control appears to be shattered in “Antigone.” I think that Creon’s response to Antigone honoring her deceased brother’s body was a complete and total overreaction. As soon as Creon became king he went on the defense and started passing edicts right and left. He was only doing this to impose control over the people which was really dumb because, as we know from “Oedipus”, the people actually really liked Creon. Creon’s treatment of Antigone was utterly repulsive! He showed her no respect and was only looking out for himself when he basically sentenced her to death. As it turns out, Creon was the one who was punished in the end. Perhaps the gods believed in karma? As you can tell I know virtually nothing about Greek gods or I would go into a long spiel about why “Antigone” ended the way that it did. However, Creon definitely deserved what he got and if he had only looked at how Oedipus’s pride had gotten in the way he might have spared many lives a terrible end, including his own.