God’s Desire…

I read some review about Tiresias, a blind prophet who appears in Antigone. It creates my curiosity why Sophocles created this character. Tiresias has transformed into a woman and later turned back into a man. I then realized it is God’s wish and has the power to do anything He wanted to. Although Tiresias was blind, Zeus gave him the gift of prophecy as compensation. He can predict what will happen and in Antigone, his prediction has come true. He warns Creon that the Gods side with Antigone and tells the king he will lose one child for the crimes of leaving Polyneices unburied and putting Antigone to death.

The role of prophet in human’s life is important because as the messenger of the God, he will lead and guides the human being to live in harmony. Besides that, the prophet should be as a reference to human in order not to break the God’s rules.

In Antigone, Creon never refer to Tiresias of his action especially towards Polyneices burial and the punishment on Antigone, therefore, he breaks Zeus’s law. In addition, Creon becomes selfish and thinks he has the power to give such orders. In return, he is not only losing his son but also his wife who committed suicide.

The phrases “what you give, you get back” are the common words I always bear in my mind. I believe no matter what l did whether right or wrong will get proper in return from the God. In Antigone, Creon gets the proper penalty of his wrong decisions and causes the death of his family…:(