In the play Antigone Sophocles presents the tragic consequence of an inflated ego. The play is set in Thebes, pre-Common Era Greece. King Oedipus renounces the throne after discovering that he has unknowingly married his mother and inadvertently killed his father, leaving the fate to his wife's brother, Creon (725). Oedipus' two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, die in the war. The newly crowned King Creon buries Eteocles with full honors for his support of Thebes and refuses the burial of Polyneices as punishment for fighting against Thebes. Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus who gives the play its name, is forced to go against her uncle's command to bury her brother and is sentenced to imprisonment until death for defying his command. Haimon, Creon's son, learns of his future bride's sentence and tries to reason with his father. However, blinded by anger and ego, Creon will not listen to reason. The story reflects many examples of the insecurity kings face in maintaining their throne and preserving it for their descendants. Creon feels that his throne and right to rule are threatened b...