Duty And Damnation In Antigone

Antigone’s stubbornness is not what makes her successful in life but what drove her to her own destruction. In Antigone Creon becomes king of Thebes because Oedipus got exiled for killing Laius which is his own father. While Creon is king Eteocles and Polyneices get into a fight which results in both of them dying. As a result, Creon grants proper burial to Eteocles but not Polyneices which makes Antigone upset because they are her brothers and she believes that both of them should of been gaven a proper burial. Since Creon has granted those right Antigone goes and buries Polyneices against Creon's order. While she is burying him one of the guards see her and turns her into Creon. Creon arrests her and sends her to a cave that is far away from civilization. While she is in the cave she hangs herself. Antigone is the hero of the

Antigone also over steps her bounds, yet in a drastically different way. Rather than embracing the authoritarian ideals and decrees of Creon, the Stalinist new leader of Thebes, Antigone¹s dual sense of pride and stubbornness fuels her personal reactions. Her belief that her brother deserves a proper burial seems to transcend logic and directly counter both temporal and divine authority. Antigone

Throughout the story, both Antigone and Creon are symbols of the theme of pride and power that is shown throughout the story. In Antigone, the theme of pride affects the plot because if Creon was self-less rather than being prideful, he would have understood Antigone’s following of the unwritten laws and accept her feelings, which would prevent her suicide. In conclusion, while there are multiple themes that appear throughout the play, pride and power are both the most

In the Greek tragedy Antigone, the characters Antigone and Creon can both be thought of as the tragic hero of the play. Though Antigone does show some of these characteristics of a tragic hero, Creon demonstrates the attributes more clearly and concisely. Creon is the King of Thebes, as well as the uncle of Antigone. Creon took the throne after a tragic quarrel between his two nephews, Eteocles and Polyneices. Despite his harsh governing and his crude ideals, he is not good or bad. Creon is the tragic hero of the play Antigone, because of his superiority in his society, his nobility, and his tragic flaw, self-pride.

   Antigone, written by Sophocles is a tale of a tragic hero who suffers with the recognition and realization of his tragic flaw. Although this short story is titled after Antigone, Creon is the main character and he provides the moral significance in the play. First, Creon withholds the respect of his citizens but it is clear to them he is not perfect through his pride (tragic flaw). Secondly, his radical reversal of fortune is made clear after he struggles with the recognition of his fatal flaw. Thirdly and lastly, his pity and fear flowers into an understanding of his prideful and destructive nature leading to his redemption. Nevertheless he is left with the burden of the deaths of

Greek tragedies have tragic heroes, whose character flaw is often pride or hubris. Antigone, Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, has both Creon and Antigone for its tragic hero. Creon is the tragic hero of the story, due to his belief that, as king, he is always right, and that all should obey his commands. This belief spells disaster for him by the story’s end. Antigone is also the tragic hero for her refusal to obey the law Creon laid out that no one should bury Polyneices’ body. Her refusal to abide by it leads to her downfall as well by the story’s end.

In the play Antigone, there are many people that could be the tragic hero. It could be Antigone with her pride, or Ismene with her fear. Personally, I believe that Creon is the tragic hero. Creon has three big harmartias. Those three are: pride, stubbornness, and fear. Throughout the whole play, Creon is too busy worrying about what people think of him instead of thinking about family. Unfortunately, it was too late for Creon to change his mistakes.

Sophocles, in Antigone, says that in a world where we cannot tell between what is right and what is wrong, we should be aware of our values and act with caution. He says that we should set aside the inherent pride we have in our beliefs as we can never know what is truly right. His message is to not cling onto our values and instead be more open to ideas from the outside, otherwise consequences will arise. Everyone has a set of beliefs which they hold to be their guidelines for life. Everyone has values, things that they believe are “right.”

Antigone’s determination did not allow her be afraid to face Creon, instead she was courageous when he asked her “I am here to say no to you and die.” (A. 50). Also, Antigone’s determination is what is allowing her to believe that she has done the correct action even if others do not think so or think of her as a foolish woman as she states “think me a fool if you like; but it may well be that a fool convicts me of folly.” (A.49). Although Antigone did not obey Creon’s decree, she was very positive that she would not be called guilty as a traitor since she firmly stated that “no one will ever convict me for a traitor.” (A. 47). Throughout all of this, she remained courageous and determined so in the end she successfully reaches her goal in burying her brother’s body.

Antigone is a women with a lot of pride and extremely progressive character considering the day and age the play was written. The play immediately shows that Antigone is shown as a strong independent female character unwilling to bend to even the highest authority figure in the play, Creon. For start her plan is set “But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this” (Act 1, Line 55) shows that she is resolute in her actions, even if it must mean death. The dialogue that she has with her sister Ismene makes Antigone Courage and stature even more pronounced by the difference in attitude Ismene has. Ismene is timid and afraid of what would happen to defy Creon decree while Antigone answers to a higher powers which in this case is the gods.

Creon is the tragic hero of Antigone because he starts at a position of greatness and his tragic flaw leads to a catastrophe, he realizes his hubris, but it is too late to prevent the catastrophe; and his downfall has left him

Antigone’s determination makes her the disastrous hero, and the readers can effortlessly relate to their ideal issues that they have faced. On the other hand, the writer of this play tends to depict Creon as an evil king, but I think he is also worth sympathy. Antigone who values family is willing to die in order to make justice even if it means going against Creon’s laws. She says “I have longer to please the dead than the living here". Antigone does not feel the laws inflicted by mortal man hold weight against those inflicted by the gods, making it very clear that she is not afraid of Creon.

This continues to set up the tension between Creon and Antigone because it shows that some of his statements are based off of sexism, not off of rationality--rationality would have been his response if Antigone was a man, but because she is a woman, she is treated differently. This reveals about Antigone’s character that is she not afraid to voice the truth and stand up for her beliefs, regard of the punishments that will follow, which could lead to a tragic ending because of her acceptance of punishment for her supposed crime (honoring her brother with burial

Creon, King of Thebes in Antigone, may be best known to the reader as a tyrant who refuses to recognize the familial bond that Antigone has with her fallen brother. The reader is able to truly see how much of a tyrant he is by his most obvious character flaw, his pride. Though Creon may be the strict ruler that Thebes needs after they have just recently started to overcome a state of

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