How does a tragic hero create flaws and difficulties for people? In the story Antigone, Creon has many series of different tragic flaws. He makes a lot of judgement that lead to the destruction of loved one. As a leader, you have a lot of stress but you should always make the best decision for family and others who you are incharge of. His flaws lead to Antigone killing herself and his own son who killed himself. In Antigone, by Sophocles, Creon creates more and more flaws that cause the downfall of many different events that lead to horrible situations. One of the first reasons Creon had a flaw was because of his arrogance and proud pride. Throughout the play, Creon has too much pride in himself that he stops listening to people