... to his downfall because of his own actions and arrogance making him the tragic hero in story of Antigone. A tragic hero by definition is a noble character with a tragic flaw. He is the tragic hero of Antigone because he is noble, he has a tragic flaw, and he is brought down the most. First of all, Creon is the tragic hero of Antigone because he is a noble character. He is noble because he ... , I say is to have no burial This is my command and you can see the wisdom behind it. As I am King, no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man"(Sophocles 675). Secondly, Creon is the tragi...

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... is a tragedy indicates that the protagonist should also be the tragic hero. Since Creon is the tragic hero of the play, he clearly plays a more vital role in the drama than Antigone. We can recognize Creon as the tragic hero rather than Antigone upon examining the definition of a tragic hero. A tragic hero must have a tragic flaw, a realization of his flaw, and a downfall. Creon goes through each of these stages in the play (while Antigone ... does not) making him both the tragic hero and protagonist. It is clear that Creon's tragic flaw was his hubris, arrogance and common beliefs. He ...

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... up failing. The play Antigone by Sophocles makes it hard for the readers to decide who is the tragic hero. Creon best fits in with the definition of a tragic hero. The things he say's does and the comments made by those around him show he is the tragic hero. Creon's main tragic flaw was his pride and his big ego. His biggest mistake was denying a proper burial for Antigone ... 's brother Polynices. Antigone wanted to burying her brother because she was loyal to her family. Creon is mad because she is a women who disobeyed him in public. To make ... below and love, if love you must - lov...

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... Antigone the playwright Sophocles presents Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero in the character King Creon. According to Aristotle's writing, "Poetics," a tragic hero is a character of noble stature that falls from his grace due to a tragic flaw, which moves the audience to feel pity for him. Creon displays the elements of a tragic hero throughout his development as a tyrant The first distinction between a tragic hero and a non-hero, according to Aristotle's definition, is a fatal flaw ... that leads to the character's demise. Creon possesses hubris, or excessive pride. Creon's hubr...

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... , being very spiritual, believed that it was her moral duty to give her brother the proper burial he deserved. However on the other hand, Creon believed the sovereign of the city-state had supreme, undisputed rule over the land, its people, and its government. Creon presents himself as a protagonist and a tragic hero, who had a true realization. This realization and acceptance of the problem is known ... as catharsis. He not only recognizes and learns from his tragic flaws, but he ends up bearing a tremendous burden of sorrow. Based on the play Antigone, we can ... see that Creon is the...

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In the story Antigone, Creon shows all of the characteristics of a tragic hero. He receives pity through the audience, yet recognizes his weakness, and whose downfall comes from his own self-pride. Though the audience notices how villainous Creon is, they still express pity towards him. They realize the he brought all of his problems on himself and should have been more open-minded, but think no one should go through that. They also understand how the warrior king Creon felt when he notices his son is love struck. The audience also expresses pity towards him because the girl is a murderer, und...

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... from those who were around him, Creon, ultimately, begins to rethink the matters involving his niece, Antigone. In the play Antigone, a reader can assume that woman Antigone was the tragic hero, but she is not. As it turned out, Creon is the tragic hero. With the dealings between Creon, Antigone, and the prophet, Creons pride is what made him a tragic hero and causes his downfalls. One way ... Creons pride makes him a tragic hero is shown during the conflict between Creon and Antigone. To begin, Creon would not listen to Antigone and allow her ... to explain herself. While talking with ...

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... her pride when she does not let Ismene claim any responsibility of the burial and when she tells Ismene that she does not want her help. "I would not want you as a partner even if you asked" (Antigone 194). Antigone also has problems thinking straight because she reacts based solely on what her emotions tell her to do, instead of taking a well ... law of man. Antigone belongs in her high and royal position as the princess of Thebes. She is Oedipus" daughter, which makes her next in line to the throne if anything should happen to her brothers. After the feud and the death of both brother...

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... may not be completely clear, but when looked at closely Antigone fits Aristotle's mold of the tragic hero easily. She fits into the aspects of having a high position, being too good nor too bad, and having a single flaw that brings out her demise. Antigone gains respect throughout the ... and charged just to take a stand against Creon's ungodly laws. It is even more ironic that Antigone's strengths also lead to her flaws. Antigone's death was by her own hand; she hanged herself in the cave. Antigone is truly the Tragic Hero of this story. She had completely fulfilled all aspects of the...

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... But whoever proves his loyalty to the state: I"ll prize that man in death as well as life" (l 232-235). Creon puts country above all else, and for this, he personifies the tragic hero's characteristic of nobility. He is, moreover, a man of strength and formidability. As a man who values his country, he punishes all those who threaten his country, ... stubborn Oh I've learned through blood and tears!" (l 1393-1404). Creon reaches a point of enlightenment, from which the audience also learns. By embodying nobility, fallibility, downfall through flaw, and catharsis, Creon undoubtedly serve...

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... as his tragic flaw in Antigone. Creon's arrogance does not allow him to see that he is pushing his family towards death. Creon is defied by Antigone, his son's fiancé, when he chooses to make a law that prevents anyone from burying her brother without facing consequences of great action. Creon does not see that he is hurting Antigone by creating such law. Aristotle defined a tragic hero as ... one of high stature or nobility. Creon is the king in Antigone. A king is considered a person of high stature in society. In Antigone ... Creon demonstrates his high stature when he finds out th...

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... judgment on Antigone that she had to die greatly angered the gods. Then when Teiresias comes and tells Creon the error in his ways, he holds to his arrogant pride and dismisses Teiresias as a prophet who was bribed to deliver false predictions. Creon is also the tragic hero of this drama. He failed at being a good ruler. Because of his decree about Polyneices and his ... took her own life with a knife. All of this punishment was brought on Creon because he went against the gods. Even though he himself was not killed, Creon had to live with the death of his loved ones around him making h...

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... judgment on Antigone that she had to die greatly angered the gods. Then when Teiresias comes and tells Creon the error in his ways, he holds to his arrogant pride and dismisses Teiresias as a prophet who was bribed to deliver false predictions. Creon is also the tragic hero of this drama. He failed at being a good ruler. Because of his decree about Polyneices and his ... took her own life with a knife. All of this punishment was brought on Creon because he went against the gods. Even though he himself was not killed, Creon had to live with the death of his loved ones around him making h...

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... seven of them have been reminded until now. Among those plays, Antigone is a play about the struggle between state and family. It is Creon's nobility, tragic flaw, his downfall, and his great loss that bring him to be a true tragic hero of Antigone. His noble quality is his caring for Antigone and Ismene when their father was persecuted. He also realized his mistake when ... . Finally he is forced to live, knowing that three people are dead because of his ignorance, which is a punishment worse than death. All are the key elements that make Creon for being a true tragic hero. Creon is a m...

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Creon and Antigone are both "victims" of tragic flaw. Creon is somehow a tragic hero, but Antigone shows more characteristics that is neither completely virtuous or villanous. Creon's downfall began at the very beginning of Antigone. "Polyneices, I say, is ... to have no burial. No man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him... This is my command, and you can see the wisdom behind it. As long as ... I am king, no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man" (Antigone, Scene 1 lines 42-48). Who gave him the right to contradict with God's laws? Even though "Aristotle's View of T...

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Antigone Vs. Creon A Battle of Pride A tragic hero is described in literature as a highly renowned person who is neither virtuous or villainous, makes choices for which there is no escape, makes an error in judgement, and evokes pity and suspense from the audience by their actions. In the classic Greek drama, Antigone by Sophocles, Creon meets all the characteristics of the tragic hero. The play begins with Antigone ... . The fate of Antigone is predicted in the first scene and does not change throughout the play. Thus Antigone does not totally fulfill the definition of a tragic hero. Creon on...

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... or flaw and accepts the overwhelming retribution. Through this experience, he or she finally gains wisdom. In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon fits the term tragic hero more adequately than Antigone. The two have some character flaws, and both are responsible for their own tragic consequences. They are proud, stubborn people, and their unwillingness to recognize their folly sparks the bitter conflict between them. Yet ... Antigone does not experience any significant downfall nor is she enlightened in any way at the end. Creon, on the other hand, is a great man reduced to a pitiable conditio...

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... gains is death."(Sophocles, 313-327). This quote further exemplifies Creon's corruption, as he threatens a soldier with death. This reveals the great amount of change Creon has undergone since the events of Oedipus the King, in which he is a much more compassionate and sensible leader. This further labels Creon as a tragic hero, as he is acting more and more hostile towards every other character in ... the play, including his own son as the play comes closer to a close. Tiresias's prophecy forebodes ... that Creon is doomed and cannot escape fate. When Tiresias attempts to make a sacri...

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... deaths of Creon and his daughter. Her arrogance causes her to risk her life and delays the horrendous deaths of her children to fulfill her treacherous plan. As she is proud of accomplishing her evil plan, she reminds, and ultimately teases, Jason by not allowing him the chance to touch or give his children a final burial. Alcestis is a tragic hero who encompasses ... the attributes of kleos, time, and sincerity, as dictated by the Homeric hero code. However, she is also a tragic hero, as her honorable actions lead her to death. However, if compared to Achilles, who is the definitive Ho...

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... Tragic Flaw of Oedipus The play opens with the people of Thebes stricken with plague and begging for the help of Oedipus. Oedipus is their hero, their savior, and rightly so. He saved them from the Sphinx with his powerful intellect and remarkable courage, and has continued to live his life as their honorable and good king. Oedipus is in every sense, a true hero ... . Because he thinks so much of himself, Oedipus decides that he "knows" that Teirisias is wrong and lashes out, calling Teiresias an "insolent scoundrel" (line 335) and accusing he and Creon of lying and attempting to frame h...

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... tragedy, Oedipus Rex, Sophocles presented Oedipus as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a kind of sacrificial victim. He experiences a fall because he has a certain character flaw, or tragic flaw, and he suffers so that the audience may learn from that suffering without having to experience the pain themselves. Oedipus" tragic flaw led to his downfall and suffering. This flaw had an important and intriguing effect on the story ... affected him. It affected those around him also. Oedipus" need for knowledge led to his downfall and caused a great deal of suffering. He pushed the issue to the...

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... tragedy, Oedipus Rex, Sophocles presented Oedipus as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a kind of sacrificial victim. He experiences a fall because he has a certain character flaw, or tragic flaw, and he suffers so that the audience may learn from that suffering without having to experience the pain themselves. Oedipus" tragic flaw led to his downfall and suffering. This flaw had an important and intriguing effect on the story ... affected him. It affected those around him also. Oedipus" need for knowledge led to his downfall and caused a great deal of suffering. He pushed the issue to the...

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... (Lynch 22). This quote accurately describes Oedipus's state of being. Through all of this, drama going on in his city he remains by their side. Creon, the queen's brother, convinces Oedipus to call for the Oracle. The Oracle comes and tells him what he would have never expected to hear. The Oracle ... who sees Oedipus's past and future. Oedipus mocks Tiresias, the oracle, for being a blind man who is there to conspire against him. Oedipus claims that Creon, the queen's brother is also trying to conspire against him. The Oracle refuses to tell Oedipus the person that is the murderer, but ...

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In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon is the tragic hero of the play, and suffers the greatest downfall of them all. This all began when he announced himself as the new king of the city of Thebes. Creon stated loud and clearly to everybody that if anybody felt the need to bury the body of Polynices, they will be facing serious consequences such as sentencing to death. Due ... and cruelty he gives to the land of Thebes makes him be feared and he feels as if he has the right word of everything. The sentencing of Antigone brings the first appearance of Creons tragic flaw. Antigone wants to bury his de...

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Greek tragedy, as defined by Aristotle, is "The representation of serious and important actions that lead to a disastrous end for the protagonist" (1493). The protagonist in this case is considered to be a tragic character. A tragic character is "A morally good but not perfect tragic hero who is brought from happiness to unhappiness because of a mistaken act, to which he or she is led by a hamartia, an error ... saying "You dare say that!" (923; 136). Instead, he concludes that Teiresias is lying by saying "Say what you will. Whatever you say is worthless." (923; 147) and taking that as evide...

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