unchecked by humility can turn into recklessness and eventually death, whether physically or emotionally. This was meant to be a lesson to the Greek people to practice moderation and not to overindulge in virtues that would eventually become vices. Though Sophocles’ Creon can be well fitted with other famed tragic heroes, Antigone however cannot be put in the same category for the simple fact that she lacks the characteristics of a tragic heroine. In Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics he asserts that ‘’goodness is a quality known only to men of high social standing.’’ Though it was a popular belief Aristotle gathers that women are incapable of having the quality of ‘’goodness’’ because they are below man in social standings, Greek society was