ANTIGONE by Sophicles, CREON TRAGIC HERO ESSAY

<Tab/>A tragic hero in a play is a character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy. In Antigone Creon, the king of Thebes, is portrayed as the tragic hero. During the play Creon is forced to live, knowing that three
people are dead because of his ignorance, which is a punishment worse than death. Consequently, Creons arrogant pride, unescapable fate, and war within himself defines Aristotle's explanations of a tragic hero.
<Tab/>Throughout Antigone Creon is filled with arrogant pr…