ANTIGONE by Sophicles, CREON TRAGIC HERO ESSAY

<Tab/>A tragic hero in a play is a character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy. In Antigone Creon, the king of Thebes, is portrayed as the tragic hero. During the play Creon is forced to live, knowing that three people are dead because of his ignorance, which is a punishment worse than death. Consequently, …

…summary, Creon is the tragic hero in Antigone. He started off being the noble king who had everything, until a young woman tested him by following her beliefs. He let his pride get in the way of what was important and caused his own destruction losing almost everyone in his life. Creon did finally understand how this whole episode could have been prevented, but it is just unfavorable that he realized it following the events.