Character Analysis Of Creon In Antigone

Within the fifth scene of Antigone, Creon changes his mind about killing Antigone because of one particular character. This character is named Teiresias, a blind prophet, who Creon seems to respect. When Teiresias arrives, he tells Creon that the gods are angry with Creon because of his decision to not bury Polyneices. In addition, the wise prophet informs Creon that terrible things await Creon for what he has done, including the loss of his son Haemon. Something that the Greek audience would know immediately that an audience from today would not, is that Teiresias is a well known figure in Greek mythology, and it used in many stories.

First off, Ismene, Antigone’s sister, actually was the one that incited Antigone's actions that led to everything else that happened in the story. Without Ismene, there would not be a plot. In lines 52-59, Ismene said to Antigone “What? You'd bury him— when a law forbids the city?” Antigone replied “Yes! He is my brother and—deny it as you will—your brother too. No one will ever convict me for a traitor.” Ismene said “So desperate, and Creon has expressly—” and Antigone interrupted with “He has no right to keep me from my own.” Here Ismene is telling Antigone that her actions are not something that are legal and that comply with Creon’s laws. Antigone, being hard-headed, decides that she is not going to let a law determine what she does for

Creon’s tragedy was being king and having to show a good example to the citizens of Thebes in order to help it stay together after the war. This lead to a struggle between moral beliefs and the maintaining law which was more clearly explored in the film. Antigone felt that it was more important to keep her promise to her brother than following the law that was placed that would endanger her life. Even with many opportunities to save her life she decided to continue in her goal of burying her brother. The ideas expressed by the chorus reveal the characters like Creon and Antigone lead themselves to their own fates through their

“I’ll not consider any marriage a greater benefit than your fine leadership” [Lines : 724]. Haemon starts off the scene showing loyalty to his father. The reader’s might believe that Haemon is siding with his father, but instead he is showing remorse towards his fiance Antigone. Haemon transforms Creon into a tragic hero by showing respect, loyalty and morality towards Antigone. Overall, these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by helping him realize what he was doing was causing a negative impact on the people around him.

The qualifications of a tragic hero vary between Aristotle and Shakespeare. Aristotle thinks of a tragic hero as someone who is a noble character by choice and makes his/her own destiny, while Shakespeare sees a tragic hero as someone who is born of nobility and born to be important. Although both tragic hero's end in a tragic death that effects many people, not all tragic hero's fit perfectly into both categories. In Sophocles’ Antigone, Creon is considered a tragic hero. Creon follows Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero by being a noble character by choice, having important potential, and falls due to "miscalculations" with circumstances that are beyond control.

Creon Character Analysis In an effort to explore how the id, ego, and superego affected Creon in Antigone, I chose the Graphic Novel option for my English project. My goals for this project were not only to draw to the best of my ability, but also to explore the play in other ways than the reader originally thought of. Firstly, I started the graphic novel off by illustrating the Battle of Thebes.

In the tragedy, Antigone, written by Sophocles, Antigone, a young female, goes against the social norms of society and disobeys the ruler, Creon, a strong male figure. Creon banned Antigone’s brother from getting buried because he was an enemy to society and a dead man is still an enemy; Antigone felt this was unfair because according to the higher powers, the gods, all men should be buried. As a woman in her society, Antigone has the role of just being there for show and she was not supposed to speak out for what she believed was right or by any means go against a male. Antigone, going against Creon's rules, says to him, “But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall

A tragedy, as defined by Ms. Tozar, is “the story of a falling from a high place to a lower place by a character.” In other words, a tragedy is a story of an individual who starts in a high position and descends throughout the story to end in a position that is lower than original position. The individual who makes the descent is known as the tragic hero. The tragic hero, as defined by Ms. Tozar, is “the character who falls from grace as a result of fate and/or a weakness. In the drama, Antigone by Sophocles, one could argue that there are many tragic heroes. However, the one who stands above them all is that of the character of Creon. Creon is understood by most as the tragic hero in Antigone as evident in his

In the play Antigone, Creon starts off as the loyal king of Thebes. He is loyal to the gods and loyal to the welfare of Thebes. However, over the course of the play, Creon degenerates into a tyrant. His degeneration is showing his character development. Creon’s pride about the human law also develops throughout the play, creating conflict with the divine law. When Antigone rebels against his law, he becomes stubborn, and makes myopic decisions and grows into his hamartia. Besides his hamartia, Creon’s position as the king makes him a power hungry man. His power madness degenerates him into becoming a ruthless and vindictive man, even to his family. However, over the course of the play, Creon begins to see that because of the laws of men, he was being blinded of what’s

Creon realizes that all of the blame for these deaths rests on him alone, and undergoes great suffering, just like other central figures in Greek tragedies. For example, in the play Medea, by Euripides, Medea suffers the loss of her family, friends, land, and children. Creon faces this same kind of suffering, and wishes for his life to end to stop his suffering. He poetically states in the play, "Come, thou most welcome Fate, Appear, O come; Bring my days' final date, Fill up their sum! Come quick, I pray; Let me not look upon another day!" (51). So with all this suffering, one might ask what the purpose of such a depressing play might be, or what lesson Sophocles attempts to teach us. This brings up the concept of morality. Creon did not get out of this sticky situation without getting something from it.

Both characters at some point in the play experienced great suffering. Antigone suffered when she had to watch her brother rot without having a soldier’s funeral. Creon suffered a great deal when he had to watch all his loved ones die one after the other. Unfortunately, Creon had to live with the fact that he was the reason why everyone one was dying and now he had to live with all that pain.

A negative trait is a personal quality or emotion that produces a bad outcome. This trait could affect people greatly and in this case it not only affects a few people, but it hugely impacts an entire city. In the play “Antigone” written by Sophocles two brothers named Polynices and Eteocles fight each other for the kingdom ship after their father dies. They end up both dying which leaves Creon, thier uncle, king. Creon gave Eteocles a proper greek burial but left Polynices unburied to be eaten by eagles and wolves. He believed that Polynices was going against the city of Thebes, thus making him a traitor. Going against the gods and his people shows that, Creon was unfit to be King. Not only did he go against his people, but he also inflicted his negative

Creon is first portrayed as a leader with rational laws and consequences for breaking them. But by the end of the play, Creon is a completely different character; he has let his excessive pride and hubris take over him. He doesn’t realize his change in character until it is brought to him through the prophecy of Teiresias, when it is already too late. Creon can be identified as a tragic hero because he shows great signs of stubbornness and pride. Considering he is the King of Thebes, he follows his rules and laws without listening to his citizen’s concerns, nor does he care about the gods wishes. His role as a hubris influences many of his choices, he believes in only his own thoughts and wishes. Creon abuses his power just because he can, without thinking of the consequences.

     Finally, Creon is a dynamic character. He undergoes changes in emotion throughout the work. He realizes his mistakes when Tiresias forecasts the future. Thus, Creon attempts to correct himself by releasing Antigone. But he is too late. He is forced to live, knowing that three people are dead as a result of his actions. This punishment is worse than death. Although Creon’s self-righteousness and inflexibility did not change until the end of the play, his motivations traveled from patriotic ones to personal ones. This created a major portion of the

Creon has no toleration for people who place personal beliefs over the common good. He believes that government and law is the supreme authority, and civil disobedience is worst form of sin. The problem with Creon’s argument is he approaches He approaches every dilemma that requires judgement through descriptive generalizations. In contrast to the morality defined by Aristotle in his Nicomachaean Ethics, Creon shows that he is deaf to the knowledge of particulars--of place, time, manner, and persons, which is essential for moral reasoning. In short, he does not effectively bring together general principles and specific situations Creon does not acknowledge that emotion, and perception are as critical to proper moral consideration as reason. This explains why he does not respond accordingly with the reasoning of the guard, Tiresias the prophet, Antigone, her sister Ismene, or even his own son Haemon. Throughout the whole play, Creon emphasizes the importance of practical judgement over a sick, illogical mind, when in fact it is him who has the sick, illogical mind. He too exhibits pride in his argument. To Antigone and most of the Athenians, possessing a wise and logical mind means acknowledging human limitations and behaving piously towards the gods. Humans must take a humble attitude towards fate and the power of the gods, yet Creon mocks death throughout the play. He doest not learn his lesson until the end of the play when he speaks respectfully of