Creon is the Tragic Hero

... be argued that the protagonist Antigone is the tragic hero because Aristotle states in Poetics that a tragic hero is "a good person who does great things" yet Creon is not a good person because he puts the law before his ethics. To refute, Creon first starts the story off as a noble ruler who makes law that are for the good of the people, making the people loyal to him. The Choragus is first to show loyalty to Creon after he proclaims ... that nobody is to bury ... ...

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... Tragedy. The fact that the play 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 ... ...

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... death, his suffering does not end, drawing greater pity from the audience. By fulfilling all the essential characteristics of the tragic hero, Oedipus attains a greater connection to the audience, further exemplifying the play's underlying tragic effect. Antigone, the first installment of the Oedipus Trilogy, though set chronologically last, also depicts the essence of the tragic hero. Through the character of Creon, Sophocles effectively conveys the essential elements of a tragic hero. Creon is, first, king of Thebes, thus illustrating his high state ... , but he more importantly embodi...

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... one man, Creon. Creon was lead 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 didn't make the law of forbidding the proper burial ... of Polynecies just for the sake of being mean, he did ... ...

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... losing his family. In Antigone, the king, Creon can be considered a tragic hero because he meets all the characteristics of a tragic hero that Aristotle defined. In Aristotle's book, "The Poetics," a tragic figure possess five characteristics. The first of the five is the tragic flaw. The hero's tragic flaw is "a moral weakness in character" eventually leading to the "disaster" (Brown). The tragic flaw leads the character towards the wrong decisions. Aristotle's definition says that the character is "always larger than life ... " and that it is their decisions ... ...

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... 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 Antigone, Creon states t...

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... on who is, in fact, the true tragic hero in Sophocles" Antigone. Many think that the tragic hero is Antigone because the play does really bear her name. But in actuality, Creon is the true tragic hero. In order to determine who the real tragic hero is, one will have to answer the question, "What is a tragic hero?" Aristotle studied the works of Sophocles and he stated in The Poetics that a hero is neither innocent nor evil. This person also must possess a tragic flaw. The tragic flaw dooms the character ... to a ruinous end. Creon's tragic flaws ... ...

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... , 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 tragic hero ... who had a greaterdownfall than Antigone. This therefore leads us to believe that Creon in fact is the main character and the tra...

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... plays of Sophocles, only 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 ... Teiresias made his prophecy. 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 ...

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