In the play Antigone, Creon is one of the main characters that becomes king in the story. Throughout the play, he expresses in several different manners his views on traitors, and how dominance is important in having people follow his rule. He shows these by using rhetorical devices, which play a key role in persuading the audience to his favor. One of the main rhetorical devices that is used by Creon is rhetorical questions. One instance is when he says, “ The gods favor this corpse? Why? How had he served them?” When he says this, he is trying to show emphasis on the fact that the corpse is not favored by the gods, and no man in his right mind would risk his life to bury a traitor. Another instance he does this is when he says, “ What has