Antigone: Creon As A Tragic Hero

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The capture of Antigone is related back to the guard because Creon would have never known if someone was at Polyneices body. The guard was able to forcefully capture Antigone serving her justice for the laws she broke in the process of burying Polyneices. A situation as so was only caused because Creon hired a guard to watch over Polyneices’s body, which allowed Antigone to be caught. Creon was only portrayed as a tragic hero because the guard brought Antigone to Creon after the crime she committed and Creon tried to save Antigone. Comparing Creon from the beginning to the end of the play, he has changed his character in the way he responds to acts against his laws, regarding Antigone. After the death of Polyneices, a law was set in place by Creon not …show more content…

Antigone knew that she would face such punishment, although Antigone’s sister, Ismene, did not agree with the choices made by her sister, causing Ismene to take sides with Creon, during the beginning of the play. “Take her and shut her up, as I have ordered, in her tomb’s embrace. Then leave her there all alone, all by yourself-” (pg. 362, lines 991-994). Creon believed that only to change the ways of Antigone and to punish her because of the laws she broke by trapping her in a tomb until she either commits suicide or stays trapped for the rest of her life. Soon after Antigone was placed in the tomb, Creon knew that he made the mistake of ordering the guard to take Antigone to the tomb. “Since I’m the one who tied her up, I’ll go and set her free myself” (pg 371, lines 1244-1245). Creon took action as quickly as he knew how because he was aware that all actions he ordered the guards were unneeded and the punishment put on Antigone was harsh. After Creon realizes his mistakes, he noticed a change in himself because if the guards had never caught Antigone, then Creon would have never had the chance to try and save Antigone’s

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