Antigone and Okonkwo both share a common flaw; fighting too hard for what they believe. In Antigone, Polynices, Antigone’s brother, dies in a fight with his brother Eteocles, but Creon refuses to let him be buried. Creon that decides that Eteocles should be buried because he believes that he was fighting for Thebes. He declares that “a proclamation has forbidden the city to dignify [Polynices] with burial, mourn him at all. No, he must be left unburied, his corpse carrion for the birds and dogs to
matter how noble or royal one is, everyone has flaws, but not all who have flaws are considered tragic hero's. Antigone, however, is a tragic heroine. In Antigone, a play written by Sophocles in the later 440's B.C., the main character Antigone has to make a enormous decision , whether to be loyal to familial ties and risk death or follow Creon's laws and live with the guilt of leaving her brother to rot in the sun. In Antigone, Antigone has a tragic flaw of being too loyal, leading to her downfall
Sophocles' play Antigone began with two sisters Antigone and Ismene discussing their brothers. Their brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, have killed each other in battle. Eteocles was given a proper burial, but because Polyneices was an outcast at the time, he was thrown outside the city to rot a die without a burial. Antigone was furious that Polyneices was not buried properly so she took the act upon herself. Ismene did not agree to help because their Uncle Creon, the king, had passed a law that
1: Throughout Antigone, it shows many lessons and tragic stories with one being the discussion between civil law and moral law. Antigone and Creon are very different people with very different beliefs. When Polynieces dies, Antigone is required by law to keep her brother un-buried. Antigone disagrees with this and wants to bury her brother but, with Creon being her uncle, he follows civil law and is strong minded to this situation. Antigone followed her beliefs knowing the consequences and what
Sophocles wrote Antigone which is a play about a king and his niece. In Antigone the character are already doomed from the incest of Antigone’s father, Oedipus, and his mother. The two main characters are Antigone (protagonist) and Creon (antagonist), whose tragic flaws impact the end of the play. Antigone's tragic flaw is loyalty while Creon's tragic flaw is pride. Sophocles utilizes the three ironies for the development of characters such as Antigone and Creon, the utilization of the irony show
what a tragic hero should be like. Some traits of a tragic hero include an imperfection or character flaw known as hamartia, a terrible and partially undeserved misfortune, and some form of discovery or gain of knowledge as a result of the misfortune. Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles illustrates the traits of a tragic hero in his play Antigone, in which a young woman Antigone defies her uncle Creon's decree that no one is to bury the traitor Polyneices. In Sophocles' Greek tragedy Antigone, Creon
audience through a tragic hero. These heroes are noble and can be admired by the audience, but have flaws that we can relate to and will learn from after their downfall. In Sophocles’ Antigone, Eteocles takes the throne of Thebes, and his brother, Polyneices, raises an army against him. Creon becomes king after they are both killed in battle and declares that Polyneices will not be given a proper burial for betraying Thebes. Knowing that she will be killed for breaking Creon’s law, Antigone buries her brother
well that the story has been told aloud and read for centuries. The famous Greek play Antigone, written by Sophocles, has also endured the test of time. These stories have endured for many years and still are able to hold an influence over readers today. A large component credited to keeping influence over readers is the use of a tragic hero. Aristotle, a famous Greek philosopher and scientist, believed that a tragic hero should fit a certain criteria in order to be given
hamartia is a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine. Two characters, King Creon and Antigone are in Sophocles' play, "Antigone," and they both possess hamartias. Antigone is an adolescent woman who is fighting the urge to do what is right even though it might cost her life. Her brother, Polyneices, rebelled against Thebes, which would result in the penalty of death. Antigone's brother perished, and she wanted to bury him, and give him a ceremony. King Creon is the king of Thebes
Aristotle, a tragic hero is defined as “a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.” At first thought, many readers would identify Antigone as the tragic hero. One thing these individuals do not realize is that she does not express anagnorisis, and therefore, cannot be identified as a truly tragic hero. There is only one character in this play who fulfills all these requirements, and his name is Creon. In the beginning of Antigone, many see Creon as the