Antigone Tragic Hero Essay

Many Greek tragedy’s often have a tragic hero in which many Greek plays follow that role. The most common tragedies usually tell of a hero with great accomplishments or great importance, but also having a disastrous ending or flaw leading to a downfall of their great attributes and or life. In the play, Antigone, originally written and instructed by, Sophocles, creates the main character, Antigone, to be the tragic hero. Since the death of her father and the tragic instances she went through such as losing her brothers and being faced with due to her king, Antigone still managed to fulfill her last role in life. After what is said and done, it can be certain that Antigone is to be consider the tragic hero in this great Greek play. Antigone's strength of mind and determination to honor the Greek gods and her brother can be considered as one of her tragic flaws and reason for her being the tragic hero. After hearing and witnessing her two brothers quarrel and fight for true power, and seeing the King Creon belittle her family, Antigone says, “But in will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down – With him in death, and I shall …show more content…
After examinations and study, the bottom line, it can be said that Antigone is a women of inherited royalty who is being still being oppressed by her insane and crazy uncle for committing an act of loyalty, respect, and act of faith to her family. Antigone says to Creon, “You smile at me. Ah Creon, - Think me a fool, if you like; but it may well be – That fool convicts me of folly.” (1255. 72-74). Antigone says this in response to Creon’s call for her punishment, but he only has her sentenced to death in a cave. She awaits her death in a cave while she doesn’t get any fair remorse for the loss of her brothers, which came from royalty in the first place. This shows how Antigone is a hero only to have flaws causing