Creon As A Tragic Hero In Antigone By Sophocles

Life is not just pretty skies and sunny days it consisted heartbreaks and heartaches’. This is apparent in Sophocles trilogy play “Antigone”. Sophocles’ illustration of man’s catastrophes highlights in the character Creon who becomes the King of Thebes after Eteocles and Polyneices (his nephews) killed one another (after Polyneices attack his own land and his own people). Creon being the new king makes a stand against a trader such as Polyneices and declared that his body be left unburied. Antigone (Polyneices sister) takes a stand against Creon and his unlimited power. Through this dilemma, Creon humanity is establishing as he transforms from a man held in high regards to a ruin man. One factor that makes Creon’s character a tragic hero is the name had. Being the brother of Oedipus mother/wife he made a name for himself not being overshadowed by the title his sister’s has. For example, Creon’s opinion is very much accepted for Thebes and Oedipus. Having overcome his sister shadow and being accepted and

Creon stays to his self until the tragedy hit him even more than before. After the suicide of his son and wife, he lost all hope to staying the strong person that he is through the death of his sister family and the betrayal of Antigone and Paolyneices. For example, he stays true for the people through all the betrayal from his own niece and nephew. Even though most people would be too distraught with all the hurt that he went through, Creon did not because he stayed true to himself. His biggest fail was the guilt he felt after the death of Antigone because he knows that her death is basically his fault. For example, if he would done the right thing and let Polyneices be bury without consequences then Antigone would not committed suicide leaving the cycle of his own family committing suicide. With the guilt of her death cause a domino effect with the suicides of his son and