Read the exchange between Antigone and Creon: Antigone: Ah Creon, Think me a fool, if you like; but it may well be That a fool convicts me of folly. Creon: Like father, like daughter: both headstrong, deaf to reason! She has never learned to yield. How does this exchange move the plot forward toward Creon's decision to sentence Antigone? It indicates that Antigone is unwilling to compromise, because she thinks Creon is a fool. It helps the audience understand that Antigone is completely in the right, and Creon is in the wrong. Creon understands that Antigone's death would be her father's fault, not his. Creon feels that he must play the role of father figure to Antigone, and resolves to teach her the consequences of disobedience.