Creon and Antigone - two of a kindA popular message from the media these days is that beneath the surface, despite our outward differences, we are all really quite similar. Whether or not this is a universal truth, it certainly applies to Creon and Antigone, the main characters in Sophocles' tragedy Antigone. They look different outwardly but have a unique personality. Throughout Antigone, they are in almost constant conflict with each other. They are on opposite sides of an argument and attack each other relentlessly. But, despite their obvious difference, Creon and Antigone are much more alike than it seems at first glance. Both Creon and Antigone are very proud and do not back down from what they have said. Antigone is convinced that she was right to bury Polyneices' body: But when my mother's son lay dead, she had neglected him and left him there unburied, it would have caused me grief; this does not cause any. And if you think this is madness, then perhaps I am accused of madness by the fool. (ll. 455-459)...