Read the excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes."In Thebes, Creon was in control and he proclaimed that none of those who had fought against the city should be given burial. Eteocles should be honored with every rite that the noblest received at death, but Polyneices should be left for beasts and birds to tear and devour. This was to carry vengeance beyond the ordinance of the gods, beyond the law of right; it was to punish the dead. The souls of the unburied might not pass the river that encircles the kingdom of death, but must wander in desolation, with no abiding-place, no rest ever for their weariness. To bury the dead was a most sacred duty, not only to bury one's own, but any stranger one might come upon. But this duty, Creon's proclamation said, was changed in the cause of Polyneices to a crime. He who buried him would be put to death.Which action most makes Creon a villain in this story?remaining the king of Thebesplacing revenge above sacred dutyhonoring Eteocles for defending Thebesmaking proclamations after the war

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What most makes Creon a villain in this story is placing revenge above sacred duty.The text focuses on the importance of burial as a principle, as a sign of respect for human dignity: "to bury the dead was a most sacred duty." Several lines are dedicated the description of this practice, as a way to emphasize how outrageous it is for Creon to refuse it, going as far as to make it "a crime." He basically made his revenge against his enemies ("those who had fought against the city" like Polyneices) more important than the sacred funeral duty by banning the burial of these enemies.
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