What Is Creon A Tragic Hero

A Tragic Hero Aristotle, a Greek philosopher living in the time of Classical Greece, brings forth great works of plays and philosophies. Through these writings, Aristotle describes to the reader, what a tragic hero embodies. Aristotle writes that tragic heros must have standards. One trait of a tragic hero is to be a relatable figure to the audience, showing human emotions through his actions and deeds throughout the story. Aristotle also states, a tragic hero must be a man of high stature; meaning the character is one of high importance. It also defines, the character must be guilty of a bad decision with good intentions called hamartia and must behave in a consistent manner throughout the writing. The character must be hubris. Also a

This is shown in Antigone stated by Creon, “There are places enough for him to push his plow. I want no wicked women for my sons!” (455) In this, Creon is being very relatable for the fact he wants his son to be in a strong and loving bond with his wife. Another example is, in Antigone stated by Creon, “Have you come here hating me, or have you come With deference and with love, whatever I do?” (497) This is very relatable towards the audience for all a father wants is his sons to love him and even today this is a want, many have. From these two examples, we as the reader see relatability in Creon's actions and words throughout the scenes set by Sophocles. Creon also embodies the characteristic of being constant throughout the story with his words and actions. This sense of being constant through the story is shown by the actions performed by Creon from line (210-750) in this, we see that Creon stands by his opinion to punish Antigone for going against his will on behalf of Polynesia

This means that a character has tried to help or fix an issue and ended up causing a worse problem or creating another one. Creon fulfills this requirement for making a decision that was in good intentions, however, did not end the way he planned; this is shown in Antigone stated by Creon, “lock her Living in a vault of stone. She shall have food, As the custom is, to absolve the State of her death. And there let her pray to the gods of hell.” (635) In this brief text, we see Creon has decided to lock up Antigone instead of what the law foretells. In the eyes of Creon, this is a righteous act saving Antigone from stoning but still maintaining justice. However, this ends poorly for Creon causing him to lose his family. Another characteristic that a character must portray is being hubris. Creon throughout the play has excessive pride; from Creon not listening to his sons to endangering his family as a whole to stand by his laws. This action of going against his son's wishes in order to hold his pride is shown in Antigone stated Haimon, “Not here, no; she will not die here, King. And you will never see my face again. Go on raving as long as you’ve a friend to endure you.” (625) From this text, we see a bond between Haemon and Creon is broken and hatred is formed. Finally, Creon reaches a fate worse than what was deserved; a fate far worse than death, he sees his