antigone
Antigone: Greek Tragedy In the novel “Antigone” Sophocles, the author, depicts the tragic hero Creon to the fullest extent. ... His choices and decisions end up deciding the fates of his son, wife, and Antigone. ... The character Creon may not be seen as a tragic hero because of his tasteless acts, but he contains the traits eligible to be the tragic hero in “Antigone. ... An example is seen when Antigone wishes to give her brother, Polynieces a proper burial so he can go and be with the Gods. ... Antigone fights for her beliefs of the divine law that one should always receive a proper burial after death, but Creon refuses and throws Antigone in jail. ... As seen in the quote, even after Antigone clearly makes sense in what she was doing, and the prophet also agrees with her, Creon turns to the arguing side and declares that everyone is a traitor who sides with her. ... After deciding to not give into his decision to jail and kill Antigone, he has a heated discussion with his son, Haimon.