Creon Thesis

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INS: ATTENTION GRABBER “He had turned the sword on himself and buried the blade half-way in his own side. As he was collapsing his arms still clung to the girl and blood came spurting…” Antigone, a story of bothe heroism and death, a play kept alive over millennia due to the strong lessons it teaches readers. The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by Seamus Heaney
INS: 1-2 SENTENCE SUMMARY OF THE PLAY ANTIGONE
(Thesis Statement/Claim) Based on Aristotle’s definition. 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 suffering.
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“In the land of good King Creon” (Sophocles 7).
Antigone is explaining to Ismene that the land is Creon's. He is king so he rules over all.
“My recklessness and pride I paid for in the end” (Sophocles 74).
This is a key indicator of Creon's downfall. He says this because he was the king who had everything, most importantly his family. After ignoring his hubris and the warnings of others, he ends up killing off his family in the process of being an powerful ruler.
INS. SIGNIFICANCE Second, based on Aristotle's definition, Creon is a tragic hero of Antigone because he realizes the error in his ways but it is too late to prevent the catastrophe.
“All hands get a move on. Here and now the judgement is reversed...I walked her in and therefore I’ll be there to bring her out” (Sophocles 63).
INS: WARRANT / EXPLANATION
INS. EVIDENCE #4 / QUOTE TO PROVE THE SECOND ARGUMENT
INS: WARRANT / EXPLANATION
INS. SIGNIFICANCE Finally, based on Aristotle’s definition Creon is a tragic hero of Antigone because his downfall and suffering leave him both humbled and enlightened.
“I am nothing now. Forget me. Treat me as nothing” (Sophocles

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