The Role Of Creon The Tragic Hero In Antigone

What is a tragic hero? A tragic hero is a great character in a dramatic tragedy that is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat. A tragic hero is someone coming from great nobility; they must exemplify their nobility as a part of the character. Throughout the play the tragic hero is someone who isn’t perfect, they aren’t easy to recognize, and they share the same characteristics as you and I. The tragic hero’s downfall is usually their own fault; they usually cause the tragedy by a fault in judgment, or a fatal flaw. The tragic hero also faces misfortune, not all of it is deserved the misfortune as a punishment is always more than the punishment of the original crime. The tragic hero in the end of the play also has some sort of self-discovery; they learn something from their own mistake. I believe that Creon is the tragic hero in Antigone he shows all of the same characteristics of a tragic hero from beginning to end.
He announced that anyone who did any of the things he had mentioned in the decree would be stoned in the square. Out of fear no one in the kingdom said anything about this decree, except Antigone, Creon’s niece and soon to be daughter-in-law, was the only one to disobey his new decree by going and covering the body of Polynecies, so that wild animals couldn’t smell his rotted flesh. When Sentury lost the dice roll and came to tell Creon he was very angry, one of his fatal flaws, because at this time they didn’t know who had covered the body. Creon threatened Sentury out of anger because someone had disobeyed him and told Sentury to find whoever did this and if not Sentury would receive a punishment much worse than being stoned in the