Read the following statements and explain the irony in one.
"There is no art that teaches us to know the temper, mind or spirit of any man until he has been proved by government and lawgiving." (Creon's proclamation of the edict)
"But it is those that are most obstinate suffer the greatest fall." (Creon at Antigone's arrest)
"You shall not marry her this side of the grave!" (Creon to Haimon)
Creon accuses Antigone of obstinance in the quote "But it is those that are most obstinate suffer the greatest fall." This statement is ironic because Creon himself suffered the greatest fall from his own obstinance. He did not allow Antigone to bury her father, would not accept his son’s love for her and ignored Haimon’s request to free Antigone from her grave. He held firm showing a greater stubbornness, thus it was ironic that he said this to Antigone and it is only after he looses everything, his wife and child, and becomes a broken man that he realizes his tragic mistakes.
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