A tragic hero is a character that was born in a noble family and has heroic qualities. In the story of Antigone, the person is destined to bring destruction and great suffering. The hero struggle against fate. Most tragic hero’s arouse from fear and empathy. The weakness of a tragic hero is they suffer from pride. In Antigone, king Creon have many of these qualities. He will be considered the tragic hero of this story. In the beginning, king Creon finds out that someone has buried the body the he forbid everybody not to touch. king Creon is very upset, and from the way he is talking to Sentry you can tell that someone has made him feel less powerful. When he found that out, that made him feel as if he didn’t have control over the people. He is the king so he think he should have complete power over them. King Creon tells Sentry, “ May entertain you now; but unless you bring me the man, You will get little profit from them in the end” (1.140). The way king Creon says this, he believe his punishment …show more content…
That I’d be able to solve the case so soon? No dice throwing this time: I was only too glad too come! Here is the woman. She is guilty one: We found her trying to bury him” (2.7). When Sentry brought back a woman, that made king Creon very upset. He would never thought that a woman would be so brave to break his rules. “This girl is guilty of a double insolence, breaking the given laws and boasting of it. Who is the man here, she or I, if this crime goes unpunished ? Sister’s child, or more than sister’s child, or closer yet in blood she and her sister win bitter death for this” (2.80)! King Creon is even more upset, that it heighten the conflict between Antigone and Creon because Antigone threaten his manhood. “Let’s lose to a man, at least! Is a woman stronger than we”