Creon In Sophocles Antigone

Did Macbeth kill because of a supernatural force, or simply because he wanted to keep his wife happy? In Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, the main character Macbeth is faced with a choice of listening to supernatural forces to better his life or to continue on a more safer path. His path will eventually end with him becoming king of scotland that comes with a massive cost, his life. Macbeth loses everything that is dear to him, all because he listened to some prophecies spoken by three old witches.

“Tell me briefly—not in some lengthy speech— were you aware there was a proclamation forbidding what you did?” (503-505). The actions, context of Antigone’s words, and also the ideas she proposed, very indepthly contrasted with Creon’s character. Thus resulting in there being a verbal confrontation between the two characters. The conflict between the two caused conflicting motivations such as stubbornness, disrespect, and anger to be projected with Creon’s character. Ultimately, these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by portraying that he knew, the decisions he made were of error, and the character interactions advance the plot by causing conflict throughout the play. Creon had also begun to change throughout the play,

Creon’s character is developed as a tragic hero when Antigone goes and buries her brother, Polyneices, even though she was told not to. This situation brought out many characteristics of

Soon after his decision of the fate of Antigone, Creon’s tragic flaw blooms the greatest. This Hubris focuses on the Creon’s relentless, uncompromising, and egotistical attitude. Many try to convince Creon to reconsider on his misguided decision, however, Creon does not yield. It is at this point when one realizes the Hubris of Antigone. Creon possesses a false sense of pride and/or confidence in his intelligence. He believes he cannot be wrong, therefore his uncompromising and egotistical attitude shines brightest. It portrays him as “superficial, pigheaded, self-important man.” (Porter) This is Hamartia, his relentless,

Creon fits Aristotle’s tragic hero traits as a significant person who is faced with difficult decisions. Creon is significant because he is king. This makes him both renowned and prosperous. Creon is not completely good nor completely bad; he is somewhere in-between, as humans are. The audience can relate to this and they admire his qualities of intelligence in political affairs. They can also relate to his ability to make hard decisions with apparent ease. These hard decisions are

Antigone has a possible flaw in that she is too stubborn and persistent to obey Creon’s order; “I know my duty, where true duty lies” (Antigone, 128). Her punishment then encourages feelings of pity from the audience because her deed was honorable and respectful towards her brother Polynices. The chorus supports this view by bidding her a respectful farewell when she is taken away, “But glory and praise go with you lady” (Antigone, 148). Antigone is also very proud, and this may have contributed to her death. Even when she is caught she remains strong and defends herself by claiming that the chorus thinks that her act was honorable, “All these would say that what I did was honorable” (Antigone, 139). This causes Creon to remain angry with Antigone, “you are wrong, none of my subjects think as you do” (Antigone, 140). If she had been more patient and less defensive, Creon may not have been as harsh in the punishment he set for her.

Antigone however is more prideful than Creon and unlike Creon, Antigone’s pride directly cause her down fall. “Your edict, King, was strong, but all your strength is weakness itself against the immortal unrecorded laws of God. They are not merely now; they were, and shall be, operative forever, beyond man utterly.” (Page 823, scene 2, lines 60-64) This quote describes Antigone’s hubris. Antigone believes that she knows what the will of the gods is and that she’s following it. She thinks Creon as “just a man” who believes that he can and is surpassing the gods. Antigone however “knows” that Creon is under the gods. Antigone also believes that if her action (of burying Polyneices) “means death, it will not be the worst of deaths- death without honor.” (Page 817, Prologue, lines 80 and 81) Antigone is almost “obsessed” with getting an honorable death as she thinks that dying by trying to bury Polyneices is

When the title of a play is a character's name, it is normally assumed that the character is the protagonist of the play. In Sophocles' Antigone, most people probably believe Antigone to be the tragic heroine, even after they have finished watching the play. It may be argued, however, that Creon, not Antigone, is the tragic character. When we examine the nature and concept of the Greek Tragedy and what it means to be a tragic character, it becomes clear that Creon is indeed the tragic hero of the play Antigone.

All of this lead to Creon’s wife and son committing suicide and Creon left with nothing. In the play, Creon’s character development starts to degenerate from loyal king to a tyrant, leading to his downfall due to his hamartia, position as king, and his reluctance to see from anyone else’s POV but himself.

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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.

Even though Antigone exhibits a blamable pride and a hunger for glory, her disobedience is less serious than those of Creon. It is evident that Antigone’s actions are driven by a love for her brother, and a desire to please the gods. While Creon’s actions are

Even if he believes he is right and his son should obey him, he doesn’t show an ounce of sympathy for Haemon, who loves Antigone. Creon details his thoughts on the importance of the rule of law over other loyalties, and his belief that to allow any anarchy or, seemingly, freedom would threaten the state. Creon’s method of executing Antigone is interesting. By entombing a living person, Antigone, and denying burial to a dead person, Polynices, Creon’s laws seem to go against common sense, tradition, and nature itself. Creon does not keep a cool head, as a wise leader should, or look for a way to compromise. He is as stubborn as Antigone, as if this were a street fight, he feels he could never back down.

     First, Creon plays a significant role in the plot of Antigone. He, of course, is the center of the plot. It develops mostly around his actions. For example, Creon could have had the chance to live “happily ever

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