Creon In Antigone

Being that Antigone is the protagonist, her character is important in the play. She made the decision to bury her brother knowing that it was against Creon’s law. Ismene refused to help Antigone, which left her angry, yet still determined to bury her brother. She knew that burying her brother could lead to her own death, but she continued to show courage, strength, and determination throughout her role. In the beginning, Antigone says, “Dear god, shout it from the rooftops. I’ll hate you all the more for silence/ tell the world!”(17,100-101). This was said to Ismene, when they were discussing burial plans and Ismene was telling Antigone that she was against the plan. Antigone’s dialogue shows that she is not worried about being punished or worried about who knows what she has done. It is clear that Antigone is sincere about honoring the gods, her actions show that she feels that she is pleasing the gods and that is all that matters to her. “These laws/ I was not about to break them, not out of fear of some man’s wounded pride, and face the retribution of the gods.”(30, 509-511). This demonstrates how she feels about man’s law vs. divine law. In the plot, there was not one time where Antigone denied

Antigone takes place just after a war between Antigone’s two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices. Eteocles fought on the side of Thebes whereas Polynices resembled an invader. Afterwards, Eteocles is buried and seen as honorable. However, Polynices is denied a proper burial because he is considered a traitor to Thebes. In this play, Sophocles uses Antigone and Creon as foils by characterizing Antigone as a martyr and Creon as a tyrant to urge the reader to realize that one’s own morals are more significant than the decrees of any government.

What is a tragic hero? A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his or her own destruction. In the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles, a king named Creon places a law that makes it illegal to bury Polyneices who is Antigone’s brother. But not being buried in Greek culture is a big deal because it means you don't make it to the afterlife, so then Antigone buries her brother so he can be at peace. The tragedy is about how Antigone and Creon each react to each other's actions, it becomes a battle of law and morality. In the tragedy, there are two possible tragic heroes, Antigone or Creon. I believe that Creon is the tragic hero because his tragic flaw led to the downfall of himself and his loved ones.

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.

In the story “Antigone”, Sophocles shows Creon as a powerful kind ruler. Creon shows excellent intelligent reasoning for his laws and punishments. But Creon’s ego had control over him and leads him to his own downfall. He does not understand how bad his pride has hindered within him controlling his issues until Teiresias come and explain his prophecy but by then it is way too late for Creon. Everything Creon has done leads him to be a truly tragic character.

A hamartia, a fatal flaw and literary device, allows the character to portray his/herself in a realistic or relatable way; allowing the reader to question how the character arrived at the state they are in; in Creon’s case, loneliness. The state can be interpreted as a mental but also physical state. Creon’s fatal flaw manages to become his extreme pomposity. Napoleon Bonaparte and Creon were both stopped by an act of God. Napoleon attacked Moscow, underestimating the Russian winter which killed a staggering portion of his foot soldiers. Creon was stopped by an act of God, because he went against the Greek culture and ethics. As a leader Creon portrays himself as a prideful, short tempered, and stubborn person. Although Creon initially displayed

Antigone's representation of feminism broke all the Greece and her strong characteristics defy the inappropriateness of her nature. Antigone has given strong characteristics in her story and because of this she does not stand around while Creon's unjust law insults Polynices. Her boldness, bravery and, unyielding morals are all extremely important to her role in the play. Towards the story by the end, Antigone was punished for her actions; therefore, she was either going to be stoned to death or be locked in a tomb. Between those two choices she got put in a tomb and trapped there with no supplies. The person to do this to her was Creon and his response to this was, “...Take her go, go! You know your orders: take her to the vault and leave her alone there. And if she lives or dies, that’s her affair, not ours: our hands are clean.” (ii, iv, 710) She was buried for doing what was right and what she was obligated to do. She not only prefers this but her bravery, obstinacy and other traits destroy the image of the weak girl who is powerless to everything. Therefore, this is the reason why Antigone represents the epic

Son against father, brother against brother leaving heartbreak and destruction in Thebes. This city once peaceful and happy gets destroyed by men doing anything for power. From the destruction of a family and city comes a new king with plans of his own. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the character Creon takes the placement of king, and decides to go against the gods for his own pride. The king of Thebes, Creon, is the tragic hero of the play because he passes from happiness to misery, his downfall happens because of a character flaw, and he recognizes clearly, but is too late to fix his errors.

​The legitimacy of a state or political leader has often been questioned in many different countries throughout the years. In Antigone one can question the legitimacy to rule of Creon. In different instances throughout Antigone, it is evident that many of Creon’s subjects obey his laws and demands because of fear, not because they believe his orders and laws are justified. For example, Antigone’s sister Isemene refused to help Antigone with the burial in fear of being captured and killed by Creon (Sophocles, p. 3). In another instance, the Sentry obeys Creon’s order to find and capture the one who disobeyed him, Antigone, in order to save himself from the wrath of Creon (Sophocles, p. 13). Creon instills fear in his subjects in order to obtain

Creon left Antigone in the tomb when he told the guards to ‘’take her to that vault and leave her alone’’ to let her choose death herself. In order to,not let Creon or his soldiers have the blame for her death. Therefore Creon wanted to resemble Antigone’s death as the punishment for anyone who was against Creon’s law. While, if he choose to stone her to death it wouldn’t end in silence. Along with, both Creon and his soldiers have the responsibility of her death. However, creon left her saying ‘’if she lives or dies,that is her choice, not ours’’.

Parents always think that they are right. You can’t win an argument against a parent. If they say something, their word is final and their rules are unbreakable. For example, when I was a young boy, I loved candy more than anybody else, I had the biggest sweet tooth. Whenever I tried to get anything with sugar in it at the store, my mother would always say no and make me put it back. This also applies to Creon in the play Antigone. Whatever Creon says is final. Creon is an arrogant, stubborn, prideful, and a quick to anger person, but on contrast, Antigone is a loving, forgiving, and peaceful person. The play Antigone is a tragic story of Oedipus Rex’s daughter Antigone, and how she decides to go against the king’s declaration of to not bury

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 novel Antigone the main character Antigone takes a reader on a journey of love and hate, honor and disrespect, and a roller coaster ride of emotions. In some parts of the book you feel sympathy for Antigone, but others feel disgusted with her behavior and actions. A reader can empathize with Antigone’s overall response to seeing her traitor brother’s dead body left out for public display however, it is through her actions reader starts to contemplate their sympathies for Antigone. Antigone’s behavior towards Creon, Ismene, and her defiance of the Greek feminine behavior all show that Antigone was a very selfish women. Although I agree with Antigone desire to give her brother a proper burial, I disagree with her treatment of others,

There's a common saying of, “what goes up must come down”. Likewise, in many of Aristotle's most successful tragedies, a key character is often put into place with a fatal flaw that completely turns his or her world upside down; furthermore, the story of Antigone is no exception. Although many characters seem to show some of the characteristics of a tragic hero, Creon is most notably the tragic hero of this story due to his high role in the Theban society, his fatal flaw or hamartia of hubris, as well as the anagnorisis and catastrophe he faces.

Antigone is a play that was written in ancient Greece by the playwright Sophocles. It is the third play in a trilogy of tragedies about the city-state of Thebes, revolving around Oedipus Rex. Antigone starts the day after a civil war fought between the two sons of Oedipus Rex after his death. The civil war ended in death for both brothers, so their uncle, Creon, assumed the role of King of Thebes. The main conflict of the play begins when Creon gives one brother, Eteocles, a burial with honors, but passes a law forbidding a burial for the other brother, Polyneices with the penalty of death. One of the sisters of Eteocles and Polyneices, Antigone disagrees with this law, and decides to bury Polyneices, resulting in Creon sentencing Antigone to death. A conflict emerges between Antigone and Creon, who appear to be opposites. However, despite Antigone and Creon’s different stances on law, they are ultimately more similar than different because of their shared value of loyalty and their shared characteristic, hubris.