The play Antigone by Sophocles begins with the death of Antigone's two brothers Eteocles and Polyneices. The two brothers kill each other in a duel when Eteocles refuses to step down from the throne and allow his brother to be king. After their deaths, Kreon becomes king and orders Eteocles to be buried in honor and left Polyneices unburied to be eaten by vultures. Antigone believes that Polyneices deserves a proper burial and suggests that Ismene, her sister, and she should bury him. Ismene disagrees and does not want to disobey Kreon. However, Antigone buries her dead brother despite what Ismene says. When Kreon finds out that Polyneices has been buried he orders the guards to uncover the body. Antigone attempts to bury her brother once again and is caught in action. Kreon believes that Antigone has disobeyed him and he sentences her to death. When Kreon's son Haimon finds out about this he is enraged because he was to marry Antigone. Kreon eventually changes his mind but it is too late because Antigone hung herself and Haimon had stabbed himself to death. Then Kreon's wife Eurydice cut her own throat and left him all alone. The events that took place show how Kreon's behavior and the way he ruled his state is very similar to the tactics of modern day leaders in the United States of America.
             Kreon becomes king of the state only by chance and only because "Both sons died in one day, struck and stricken,/ paired in doom and a twin pollution" (lines 210-211). Kreon doesn't seem to feel any remorse for their deaths and he said, "Now I rule, as next of kin. They are dead; I am king" (lines 212-213). This quote parallels our modern day and a good example is the 2000 Presidential Election. There was a recount of votes in Florida and Al Gore was technically the winner. But our current President, George W. Bush, was named as the winner of the 2000 Presidential Election. It wa...