Hello everyone,

Although I understand why Creon is mad at Polyneices, I still can not accept his overall decision not to bury him. While it is true that Polyneices was a betrayer who went to war with his own country, it does not necessarily follow that he does not deserve to be buried. I believe that everyone deserves a proper burial, no matter what they did in life. Besides, by focusing on anger Creon overlooks the deeper problem of religion. It seems to be that he is dismissing the religious obligations and going against the God. Even though Creon is a  king of Thebes, he has no right to deny Polyneices’ burial because it is up to God to decide the rest of Polyneices’ way. Therefore, I think that Polyneices deserves to be buried because it does not matter what he did any more; he is gone.

Please let me know what you think on this matter.

Best,

Svitlana T.