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Tragic Hero of Antigone

A tragic hero can be defined as the one who have hero like features like courage, leadership and will power, combined with a sad end, normally demise. Tragic tales are different than the stories with happy endings (Laura para.2). Antigone is a kind of tragic tale in which Creon is left having no one else present because every person in the family has died. In case of Antigone both Antigone and Creon are the tragic heroes.

Antigone is a hero in the story. Antigone lived with her father and took care of him till the time he expired. At the time when her brothers were fighting with each other for the throne, she proved that her family is above everything to her. When Creon becomes the king, he ordered that Polyneices should not be buried because he fought in opposition to Thebes (Laura para.4). However, Antigone does not fulfill the orders of Creon and attempts to bury Polyneices. She takes actions in the favor of her family and the gods. She describes her point of view that it is necessary to burry her brother to honor the regulations developed by the gods in honor (Laura para.5).

Antigone is the hero of the story because she is honest and faithful to the gods and her brother. When she was confronted with death sentence, she rejected to turn her back on either side. Thus, she decided to terminate her life but she did not decide against her brother or the gods.

Creon, on the other hand is perceived to be a villain in this story. This is because of the fact that he did not permit Antigone to bury Polyneices. He is not only headstrong, but also arrogant. He did not obey the rules created by the gods. Instead, he believes in his personal logic. On the contrary, Antigone is more concerned with the gods and her brother. She obeys the laws developed by the gods and she believes that if she does not burry Polyneices, it would be a disgrace to these laws (Laura para.5).

Creon is uncle of Antigone and is now the king. After the disastrous fight between Polyneices and Eteocles, he sealed the throne. He is considered to be a catastrophic protagonist because of his self-esteem, dignity and superiority (“Antigone or Creon” para.5). He believes that those who are not following the order of Thebes can be pushed to follow the orders by giving severe punishment. Thus, he is concerned with the ruling through fear.

Creon is a catastrophic hero because he was self-focused and he never listened to any other individual. It is a recognizable flaw that directed towards calamity.

Works Cited

Foist, Laura. “Who is the Tragic Hero in Antigone” Study.com. Study.com, n.d. Web. 10 October 2019. <https://study.com/academy/lesson/who-is-the-tragic-hero-in-antigone.html>.

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