Power is defined as "the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events." from the dictionary. Unfortunately, these influences paved the way for some events that followed, leading to the tragedy of Antigone. Antigone is a strong female character who chooses to go against King Creon's decree by refusing to let her brother Polyneices remain unburied and without traditional burial rituals. Tiresias, a blind prophet, advises King Creon against his stubbornness and challenges Creon's power by predicting the outcome of the tragedy if King Creon does not stick to his words. King Creon finally declares that not even the higher gods can save the unburied body of Polyneices, thus exercising his mortal self and my better judgment / we have come to this: I have chained her, / I fear I will free her myself.. (1233-1236 ). He quickly realizes that it is better to listen to Tiresias' prophecy than risk a tragedy for himself and his family. In conclusion, due to King Creon's pride, Antigone is found dead by his hand and his son Haemon kills himself upon seeing her dead. body. King Creon's wife also kills herself shortly after learning of her son's death. Ultimately, King Creon directly caused these actions, because these characters were influenced by his decision. The power of influence had an affective impact on everyone in this play. Antigone was struck for the first time by the inability of her brothers to be ritually buried because King Creon branded him a traitor. For this reason, King Creon's refusal to bury Polyneices struck and he paid for his pride and arrogance with the lives of his son, his wife and his granddaughter. If King Creon had listened to Tiresias' warnings, he would have avoided tragedy in his family. Tiresias was his second chance to free himself from the tragedy because he refused to listen to Antigone's first