![]() ![]() i think he is correct because true loyalty takes place in the benefits of many not of a few. ![]() creon thinks someone’s first loyalty should be with the concerns of the collective citizens and second comes our individual wants. what does creon think someone’s first loyalty should be and what comes second? do you think he is correct under some conditions? do you think he is wrong in some conditions? explain those conditions. pay attention to creon’s speech at the beginning of the scene. creon placed the concerns of the collective citizens because he has no use for those who put individual concerns over the needs of his people 3. in addition, he wanted to give a clear message by not giving a proper burial to polyneices, if creon gave a proper burial to polyneices his people would think that he was an allied to the foreign forces that invaded the city and threatened the peace of his people. what are his concerns? how does he feel about the city and its citizens? what are his motivations for banning the burial of polyneices? what would drive creon to place the concerns of the collective citizens over those of his family? in creon’s opening speech, his concerns are to count on his citizens to rule. polynices joined forces with foreign armies to invade the city and tried to take the crown from his brother, where he and eteocles killed each other 2. in creon’s first words to the chorus, what are the “storms” that threatened to destroy the ship of state? polynices’ invation of the city with foreign armies was the “storms” eteocles and polynices decided to switch the crown every year, but after eteocles’ first year decided not to share it with polynices. ![]()
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