Creon The King By Mahatma Gandhi Character Analysis

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“Be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi said this to show how people can use their power for the effect they want it to have. People use their power to have a caring and loving effect on others.
In Antigone she uses her power to show how caring she is for others. Antigone wants to bury her brother Polyneices because she cares for him. By burying her brother she is using her power in a positive way because she is doing what she thinks is right and is caring for him. In the book, Creon the king, had an edict saying if anyone buries Polyneices, they will be killed. Even though that was Antigone’s father, she did not listen to him because she did not think it was right to just leave her brother unburied. She cared for her brother

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