... 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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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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... father was persecuted. Proponents of this view also point out that Creon had an epiphany while realizing that he made a mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. Creon was not the tragic hero in this play. Creon's interpretation of his struggle with Antigone is personalized. Throughout the play, Creon refers to himself and the state as being one entity. Antigone's defiance against the state is defiance ... against Creon. Anitogone is concerned for the fate of her brother and the law of ... the God's. Creon is concerned for himself. He refers to his manhood when ... ...

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... hurt and torn between government of family, and in the end, chooses family over government. Aside from Creon's judgment with extreme danger to herself, Antigone puts herself in great danger to bury the body of Polyneices. Antigone is in fact, a tragic hero, characterized by her position as son of Oedipus, and her arrogant and perhaps conceited characteristics which will lead to her ultimate, unexpected ... , for him, it is too late. When he goes to free Antigone, she has by that time killed herself, and as a true result, Haemon, Creon's own son, kills himself over Antigone's wrongful dea...

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... that has lived up to the heroic code standards. She had a difficult childhood; both her father and mother were not in her life because of the tragic events that occurred when she was a child. When her two brothers faced off in a civil war, her family was torn apart even more than it ... already was. Her brother Polyneices was killed by her other brother, Eteokles. Creon, the king, gave Eteokles a proper burial, but refused to bury Polyneices. Antigone felt that her brother, Polyneices, deserved a proper burial, no matter what the ... cost. She proceeded to bury her brother, and when Cre...

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