Imagine to burry your own dead brother. What would you do? In this play Antigone is a women who did anything to honor her deceased brother. Even though she knew severe consequences she would face for reading creon's proclamation toward the burial of her brother. Rules and orders. In the play Antigone and Creon is shown to be a tragic hero through his interaction with Creon. This develops the theme of the play by these tragic flaws of misjudgement. One of Creon’s traits that develops the play is that creon is arrogant. For example in the play Antigone, Creon said in line (324-326) “Stop now before what you're about to say enrages me completely and reveals that you're not old but your stupid too”.This shows that Creon is a tragic hero because …show more content…
Nothing. With that i have everything”.This example shows that in the story that Creon is arrogant to antigone because of Creon’s power .Creon is very arrogant about his power and uses it in every way that it harms the citizens of thebes. For example line (324) “stop now before what you're about to say enrages me completely and reveals that you're not only old but stupid too”This is yet another reason why Creon is so rude and arrogant to Antigone.The way it shows how it proves it is because he is very arrogant to the people.These example show that Creon is a tragic hero because of this …show more content…
He is honoring one with a full funeral and treating the other one disgracefully. Eteocles they say has had his burial according to our customary rites to win him honour with the dead below.This shows that Creon is serious about his laws and want everyone to obey them.Creon does not allow a girl to govern him which is unfair for Antigone to convince him that both brothers should get and a funeral with all the certain types of rituals.For example in line (599-600) Then go down to the dead. If you must love, love them. No woman's going to govern me no no - not while i'm still alive.In the story this shows that Creon is unfair to Antigone and Ismene because Creon was only going to get one funeral for one person and the other person would have to suffer.Another reason why Creon is very unfair is because on line (498) you there you with the face bent down toward the ground, What do you say?Do you deny you did this or admit it?That explains that Creon is unfair because he only gives Antigone two bad choices to pick from and she has to pick one and she
The opening events of the play Antigone, written by Sophocles, quickly establish the central conflict between Antigone and Creon. Creon has decreed that the traitor Polynices, who tried to burn down the temple of gods in Thebes, must not be given proper burial. Antigone is the only one who will speak against this decree and insists on the sacredness of family and a symbolic burial for her brother. Whereas Antigone sees no validity in a law that disregards the duty family members owe one another, Creon's point of view is exactly opposite. He has no use for anyone who places private ties above the common good, as he proclaims firmly to the Chorus and the audience as he revels in his victory over Polynices.
Creon’s hubris is the strongest case that can be made about Creon being the most tragic character in Antigone. For example, Creon says,”Am I to rule this land at someone else’s whim or by myself?”(Antigone 835-836). This is truly a profound statement that reflects Creon’s excessive self-pride; moreover, Creon refuses to listen to Haemon, the Chorus at some points, and even Theresias for while. Furthermore, Creon refuses to acknowledge that he has done wrong of any kind, and this eventually leads to the death of his entire family. In conclusion, this is why Creon is the most tragic character in this play.
In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon is portrayed as a character with excessive pride. From the beginning, Creon demonstrates his authority and continues to make use of it throughout the play. At the end of Antigone, it may seem that Creon changed after realizing the consequences of his actions. However, his dialogue indicates that he still possesses a sense of pride. Creon remains a static character through the play. Creon’s arrogance is displayed in his language and behavior; interaction with others; and his reactions to his environment.
In the play Antigone, created by Sophocles Antigone is a foil to Creon because their personalities contrast. This makes Creon a Tragic Hero because he thinks that he is a god but in reality he is a mortal upsetting the god's and he will eventually meet his demise. At the start of the play the reader is introduced to a character named Creon, who is the king of Thebes, the previous king, Eteocles, was killed by his brother Polyneices. There is a law arranged by Creon, so nobody could bury the body of Polyneices but Antigone, the sister of both Eteocles and Polyneices, wants to bury her brother and is willing to risk her life to bury him. She eventually gets caught and is sentenced to death by Creon.
" This indicates Creon’s decision to punish Antigone was not taken kindly by the gods, but his ego wouldn't allow him to solve that as shown by Haemon, which, again, contribute to his nemesis. This proves by how Creon’s stubbornness isn't liked by the gods establishing him as a tragic
Antigone, as a character, is extremely strong-willed and loyal to her faith. Creon is similarly loyal, but rather to his homeland, the city of Thebes, instead of the gods. Both characters are dedicated to a fault, a certain stubbornness that effectively blinds them from the repercussions of their actions. Preceding the story, Antigone has been left to deal with the burden of her parents’ and both her brothers’ deaths. Merely a young child, intense grief is to be expected; however, Antigone’s emotional state is portrayed as frivolous when it leads her to directly disobey Creon’s orders. She buries her brother Polynices because of her obedience to family and to the gods, claiming to follow “the gods’ unfailing, unwritten laws” (Sophocles 456-457). CONTINUE
The power Creon had was the cause of his stern and haughty traits and irrational judgments. He needed an affirmation of his manhood and confirmation that everyone he ruled over would assuredly respect him and his decisions. In fact, he felt so intensely threatened by the feminine and dominant Antigone that he decides to destroy her. "This girl is guilty of double insolence, breaking the given laws and then boasting of it. Who is the man here she or I?" Creon, scene 2. Instead of punishing Antigone for burying her traitorous brother Polyneices and increasing the respect of his nation for their king, he pushes them further from him in fear and silent disgust. His people recognize his tragic flaw: pride. Instead of a reign filled with luxury and happiness and respect from his citizens he condemns hi...
...nclusion, Creon is indeed the tragic hero of the story “Antigone.” Creon has the qualification of having superior status, a tragic flaw, and also a tragic realization. He shows his superior status by doing what he thinks is best for the city and promising that he will help rebuild it. Besides that, Creon demonstrates his tragic flaw of being stubborn by not accepting the fact that he has been proven wrong by Teiresias. Finally, he has a tragic realization of knowing that he was wrong about Antigone and the prophecy came true. The playwrights of Ancient Greece define Creon as a famous tragic hero because of the qualities he has. After hearing about Creon, the King of Thebes, Aristotle’s definition of a Greek Tragedy is most certainly correct.
How he insults people because they said or did something he didn’t like. On lines 324-326, Creon insults the Chorus Leader by saying, “Stop now-before what you’re about to say enrages me completely and reveals that you’re not only old but stupid, too.” In this quote, Creon insults the Chorus Leader because he said a reasonable thing that Creon doesn’t want to believe, so instead of ignoring him or at least think about it, he insults him like a child. Also in this quote, Creon is once again not taking advice, it’s worse this time because not taking advice from a young man is reasonable sometimes, but the Chorus Leader is wise and older than Creon. On lines 600-601 Creon says to Antigone, “ No woman’s going to govern me-no, no-not while I’m still alive. In this quote, Creon is not only sexist but childish. The way he said this quote was like a child saying he doesn’t want to share. Also in this quote, we see Creon lose his mind a little bit, he is pushing and insulting everyone away. Antigone may have betrayed him, but he is the one making everyone hate him. Creon once again has shown us how tragic he really is. He has become a tragic hero, kind of like every bad guy. He has pushed people away, acted rudely, insulted everyone, and even acted worse than a toddler. Now he can spend the rest of his life as a tragic hero all
Throughout Antigone by Sophocles, Creon, the ruler of Thebes, has show how he abuses his power and how he seems to think he is always right no matter what argument against his word that is in the right is brought up to him. Near the end of Antigone he finally sees the error in his ways and tries to change it but it was too late. Although Creon is somewhat likeable and worthy of respect as a character (that is, although we somewhat feel sympathy for him), Creon is largely an unsympathetic and unlikeable person.
The play “Antigone” by Sophocles is about how a girl named Antigone who was determined to bury her brother Polynices because the law in Thebes who was ruled by her uncle known as King Creon said that you weren’t allowed to bury or honor people who was a traitor to the city and yet a prophet claimed a very powerful vision that would later hurt Creon for making that type of law. The theme in Antigone was to open your ears and listen to others, take advice from others because if they did, there would have been no chaos and nobody could have died. Despite these differences, Antigone and Creon are still similar in many ways in that they both are loyal, determined, and stubborn.
Creon's trait of being a good person is a key factor in his tragic hero personality and makes his downfall even more dramatic. Creon does what he thinks is best for his nation of thebes by having the guards “take them away and guard them well” (p.62, L.10). The guards take Antigone to the vault to die and set Ismene free. Creon also tries to do good by being the one who “Will set her free” (p.75, L.24) because he is the one who made the wrong choice and put her in the vault first. Creon being a good person is just one trait that makes him a tragic hero, another trait is him being lifelike.
Creon does not learn a lesson from Oedipus' accusatory behavior. Instead he adapts this bad personality trait. Throughout Antigone, he accuses everyone who tries to give him advice of betraying him. Whereas, in Oedipus, he is falsely accused by Oedipus of trying to take over the throne. This paper will compare and contrast his behavior and evaluate if he learned anything from one play to the next.
Antigone was a short play about a girl who was unafraid to carry out an honorable act despite the harsh punishments that would occur for doing so. Sophocles, the author of Antigone, wrote this tragedy. Antigone was the protagonist who went against the law that her cruel uncle, Creon, enforced. This law stated that nobody was allowed to touch Antigone’s dead brother, Polyneices’, body. Creon’s horrid decisions, paranoia, and pride are directly responsible for the state of the city at the end of Antigone.
Ismene's indecisiveness and lack of action is starkly contrasted with the actions and beliefs of Creon and Antigone, the characters who are most often thought of as the victims. For Antigone, the punishment that characterizes her as a victim is the sacrifice of her life for her personal beliefs about the honor and duty associated with family ties. Antigone's death at the end of the play illustrates the fact that she is willing to die as long as she knows that her brother has received proper burial rites. On the other side there is Creon, who can be thought of as a stubborn and terrible king, but who really is acting just like Antigone, holding onto what he believes firmly in. As Antigone blatantly ignores the laws of the city, and only acts in the direction fulfilling the requirements of holy rites, Creon acts in parallel by ignoring the laws of the divine and only following the laws which as king it is his duty to uphold and preserve. Antigone clearly gives her opinion of the situation, and outlines her values that are so important to her while speaking to her sister. "Be as you choose to be; but for myself I will bury him. It will be good to die, so doing. I shall lie by his side, loving him as he loved me; I shall be a criminal-but a religious one." (Line 82-87)