Antigone Creon Character Analysis

Micah Tupua
Pd. 3
12/ 05/16
Embedded Assessment
The meaning of a tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that leads to his or her own destruction.In the play antigone, Creon the king, had to go through several challenges. In the play Antigone, Creon shows the perfect qualities of a tragic Hero. First off, Creon fights for what we thinks is right. Secondly, Creon was wrong for burying Antigone's brother. Creon Lastly, Creon tries to fix things but it's too late.
First off, Creon fights for what he believes in. We all want to be right, but at the same time we all want to be fair. Creon thought that what he did was right. A perfect example of this would be when he had to choose Antigone instead of Ismene. He picked

Antigone because believed that she would be more fit to rule. “ Now you know, and you’ll quickly demonstrate whether you are nobly born, or else a girl unworthy of her splendid ancestors.( lines 45-47)” Creon makes decisions that he feels will benefit him and his people. Creon will learn that his decisions can be the death of the love people have for him.
Secondly, Creon was wrong for burying Antigone's brother.

Creon made a proclamation that if anybody buried the body, they would be stoned to death in front of the town. Antigone didnt care, she wanted to justice for her brother. She knew that what she was going to do was risky. She wasnted her sister to help, but she was tuck between being loyal to the king and helping family. “ will you help these hands take up polyneices’ corpse and bury it? “-Antigone (lines 55-56); “what? You’re going to bury Polyneices’ when that's been made a crime for all in Thebes - Ismene (line 57-58). If I her If you were Antigone i'd want my brother to be laid to rest. Creon is only going to bury one brother, while the other rots. Creon showed great disrespect by not burying Antigone's brother, But as a king he does what he thinks is right. “ Look- what’s creon doing with our two brothers? He’s honoring one with a full funeral and treating the other one disgracefully! - Antigone ( lines

25-27)”.
Lastly, Creon tries to fix everything but it's too late.

We’ve all mad poor decisions that we didn't realize was wrong until we lost everything. I feel Creon made bad decisions about not burying Polyneices’ body and condemning Antigone to death. The people around creon began to feel like he was becoming too powerful, even his own wife didn't like the way he was acting. Creon finally realizing that he was doing everything all wrong he has a change of heart and wants to make everything better, But it turns out to be too late. Everyone around him that he loved committed suicide. In the end Creon know that what he did was wrong and that he messed up. “ Then take this foolish man away from here. I killed you my son , without intending to, and you , as well my wife. How useless I am now. I don't know where to look or find support. Everything I touch goes wrong, and on my head fate climbs up with its overwhelming load. - Creon ( lines 1485-

1490).
Reading this story I learned that you should always make wise decisions. If you make poor decisions, you will have to pay the consequences. You must always remain Humble and respect anyone, who deserves respect, because Respect is earned, Not given. You must always fear God and not get big headed and let power get the best of you. We can all relate to this because we’ve all made decisions that we thought were right but, to find out that we were wrong the whole time. “ The most important part of true success is wisdom- not to act impiously towards the Gods - The Chorus”. A Tragic hero is some one who makes a wrong deciosion that leads to their own destruction, and thats exactly what creon did, he destroyed himself.