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
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 excessive pride, which in the
Originally published in 441 B.C., the play Antigone by Sophocles is one of the best known tragedies in literature. Antigone is a tale about a girl, named Antigone, that is faced with deciding between societal law or the law of the gods. She breaks societal law in reverence for the law of the gods. This illegal activity of burying her brother,Polyneices, causes the king, Creon, to order for her death. Creon’s son, Haimon, ends up falling in love with Antigone. When Antigone dies Haimon commits suicide, which
locked away in a cave, only to take her fate into her own hands by hanging herself. This is the fate of Antigone, the niece of the king of Thebes in the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. How she arrives at this tragic ending is result of one of the most commonly said words in the English language: “No”. Even though this one word is just a single syllable, its implications and causes in Antigone give the play its source of conflict. The fact the play is still relevant today suggests that the stubbornness
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
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. Creon’s son, Haemon, who is engaged to Antigone, commits suicide after finding her dead, and his mother
hero. There are many examples of tragic heroes before Darth Vader, such as: Creon, Romeo and Juliet, Beowulf, Antigone, etc. In the tragic poem Beowulf, Beowulf is considered a
Jordan Golenberg Mrs. Connoly 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
In Antigone, written by Sophocles is a play about two brothers who kill each other and one, Eteocles, would be buried as a hero to the city of Thebes and the other, Polynices, will not be buried because he was considered a traitor. One sister of Eteocles and Polynices, Antigone, has to choose between God’s rule or the king, Creon’s rule. Antigone decides to go against her uncle, the king Creon, and bury Polynices because she believes that religion and family is greater than government. Throughout
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, who denied Antigone's desire to bury her brother. Antigone was engaged to King Creon's son, who