In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles there are two people that could be considered a tragic hero. It has been up for debate who the actual hero of this play is, but many people believe that Creon and Antigone could both be a hero. A tragic hero is considered a character who’s known for being worthy of something and doing something right for someone. There are many qualities out there that you have to follow for you to be able to become the official tragic hero. Also in this play there is only aloud to be one tragic character. Creon could most definitely be the tragic hero but in my opinion I believe that Antigone is the official tragic hero because she contains all of the aspects of being a tragic character and also she is the main character so she definitely fits the spot of being the tragic hero. However in this play, people have their own opinion on who the tragic hero is but Antigone is definition of a tragic hero because she represents a person that has an honest personality, also she has never committed a crime, and is a good hearted person.
Antigone has a main tragic flaw, which happened to be the burial of her brother. She didn’t want to listen to Creon on what he had to say about the burial because she did not care about anything he had to say about it. Even though Antigone is a woman, she is capable of being
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During this play the protagonist must face a conflict and they have to rely on them selves to solve that certain conflict. The conflict that Antigone faced was in the beginning of the play when she had to think whether or not her morals were worth risking her life. The big situation she had to decide was either to honor her family and the gods or for her to display loyalty to the state. That was a very hard conflict that Antigone had to face in this play and that conflict lasted throughout the play on her final