Creon Tragic Hero Analysis

“Destiny has two ways of crushing us-by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them” (Henri Frederic Amiel). Amiel is stating that one of the components of a tragedy, the tragic hero, must be likeable and have an admirable trait that will lead to their downfall. In the problem play, Antigone written by Sophocles there are two tragic heroes, but neither one of the tragic heroes fit Aristotle’s Poetics on what a perfect tragic hero should be like; therefore, Creon, one of the tragic heroes and king of Phoebes, does not create catharsis. Even though there are aspects of Creon that make him a tragic hero, his inability to be a perfect tragic hero is what creates the lack of catharsis.