English Per 1 29 September 2015 In Sophocles Short story, "Antigone", Creon is the tragic hero. He displays descriptions of the tragic hero with having Hubris, Hamartia, and Anagnorisis . He is the tragic hero because he is from a high birth, he is not good or evil ,has a very high social ranking, is powerful and he has a major downfall (Sophocles). Creon's overuse of his power leads to a chaotic breakout in the city of Thebes. Once this breakout has happened, Creon realizes it is too late and this
As monarch of Thebes, Creon faultlessly acts in accordance with dominance, jurisdiction and control presiding over the verdict of Antigone’s demise. I will further state Creons potion through demonstrating his authority as monarch, through moral and legal political argument, and as a father to Haemon. It’s clear that Creon is honoring his own laws throughout his journey as monarch. Which are clearly backed by moral and legal political arguments. Creons’ journey to monarchy wasn’t exactly the typical
of Antigone has been written many times and many ways throughout history.The story’s meaning,themes, and characters have been altered by cultural influences over the years. Focusing on two different versions of Antigone by Sophocles and Jean Anouilh, Creon is portrayed very differently. In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon is portrayed as a very stern ruler, while in Jean Anouilh’s Antigone, Creon is allowing his authority to falter on behalf of Antigone. In both versions of Antigone by Sophocles and
not have much control over somebody’s personal life. Sophocles tries to convey the same ideas through his play Antigone. Using Sophocles’ Antigone, I will talk about citizenship from the perspectives of 2 pivotal characters i.e. Antigone and Creon; in what ways do these two differ from each other, providing textual evidence in support of each view, and at the end I will try to define ideal citizenship, keeping in mind the play Antigone. For Creon, the king of Thebes, citizenship was about obeying the
In the play, Antigone, the conflict arises when King Creon decrees that Polynices is not to receive burial rights, because Polynices decided to rebel and war against the kingdom of Thebes’ (Fitts, Fitzgerald, and Sophocles 196). However, Antigone, Polynices’ sister believes that she has the moral right to give her brother a proper burial and so defies Creon. The play examines and attempts to answer the question: When is it appropriate to choose the morally correct option over the legally correct
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
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
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, which directly affects others proving that she is a tragic hero. In the play, Sophocles shows Antigone's
truth about him/herself. I think that even though Sophocles play is named Antigone, Creon is the tragic hero. Both characters are of noble stature, but Creon notices his tragic flaw shortly before story ends. Nowhere in the whole play does Antigone admit that she did anything wrong. Also, one could argue that Antigone did not have a tragic flaw in the first place, that it was Creon's judgment that was flawed. Throughout Antigone, Sophocles gives many examples of Creon's stubbornness and
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. Creon’s son, Haemon, who is engaged to Antigone, commits suicide after finding her dead, and his mother then kills herself for her son. Creon is the tragic