Antigone Tragic Hero
Submitted by ahamilton001 on November 16, 2011
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Antigone Tragic Hero
In Sophicles play Antigone , the main characters; Antigone, Creon, Ismene and Hamion go through the process of greek tragedy, which consists of Creon transforming from the proud lord of Thebes to a defeted , greif-stricken mortal. this story seems the same as other greek tragedies in that one of the characters, usually with a negative outcome. Creon and Antigone are both stubborn and do not listen to others. Creon declares that Antigone will be killed since she decided to go against his decree. Creon is a tragic hero in the play Antigone because his downfall is caused by a flaw or error, he eventually recognizes the flaw , and he suffers greatly more than he deserves.
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