In the classic childrens book Winnie the Pooh, the author writes, “If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.” This quote portrays how important living life with your loved ones is, even if that means you must die before them just so you wont have to ever imagine life without them. In the play Antigone, it is often debated who has a worse fate, Creon or Antigone. Both of their stories end tragically, with Antigone dying and with every member of Creons family dying. Even though both Antignoe and Creon’s stories had tragic ending, Creons ending was more tragic due to the fact that he forever must live with the guilt of his actions.
When Creon doesn’t listen to his all-knowing prophet Tiresias, it is already know that his own fate is not going to be good. Creon had always taken the advice of this prophet however, when the prophet tells Creon that he should not kill Antigone, he doesn’t listen. Creon states, “Since these hairs of mine grew white from the black they once were, he has never spoken a word of a lie to our city. I know, I know. My mind is all bewildered. To yield is terrible. But by my opposition to destroy my very being with a self-destructive curse must also be reckoned in what is terrible” (Sophocles 1390-1393). Even though Creon is aware that Tiresias has been right about everything before, he still choses to kill Antigone. Because he makes this clear mistake in not taking the advice of Tiresias, it is apparent that he is going to have the worst fate. If only he had followed the advice of Tiresias, he would have been able to keep his son and his wife alive.
Creon eventually at the end of the play realizes by the end of the play how the severity of his acts have played out and how the will effect him negatively. The messenger comes to Creon and tells him that his wife and son have killed