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Creon fits in all of the characteristics of Aristotle・s criteria and is the tragic hero. Creon is neither good nor bad. He is not completely bad because he didn・t really want to kill Antigone. Instead, he just wanted to keep his laws st
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Although Antigone is the title of this play, it is not necessary that Antigone be the tragic hero. Creon showed himself most arrogant and pride. All he wanted is to keep his country at peace, and did not want to tolerate rebellion. Self-pride is the tragic flaw Creon faces in this play. In Ode 2, line 11-13, it says, :Drank the sunlight! But now a passionate word and a handful of dust have closed up all its beauty;. This is her tragic flaw and this brought her the tragic to come about. raight in order to make his men follow his orders. King Creon finally notices that he had too much self-pride and was stubborn, he tried to change what he done wrong. She・s also, like Creon, better in status than any of us because she is a princess. Creon insisted on punishing Antigone and would not change his mind. In scene 3, line 118, Creon says :you will never marry her while she lives;. She is good in the sense that she is loyal to her brother, Polyneices, and followed the laws of god instead of the laws of man. He was just a stubborn man who wanted to show the Thebans that he was a man of his word. Creon・s judgment on Antigone at first revealed :tragic error in judgment; from Aristotle・s criteria. Before she has the heart to bury her brother, she already knew the consequences and was ready to die.
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