Creon and Antigone – two of the same A popular message from the media these days is that beneath the surface, despite our external differences, we are all truly 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 appear different on the outside but have a unique personality. Throughout Antigone, they are almost constantly fighting each other. They are on opposite sides of an argument and lash out at each other incessantly. But, despite their obvious difference, Creon and Antigone are much more similar than it seems at first glance. Both Creon and Antigone are very proud and do not back down from what they said. Antigone is convinced that she was right to bury Polyneices' body: But when my mother's son lay dead, if she had neglected him and left him there unburied, it would have caused me pain; this doesn't cause any. And if you think this is madness, then perhaps I am accused of madness by the fool. (ll. 455-459)&nbs...