In Sophocles’ play, Antigone the characters Creon and Antigone differ in many ways. These conflicting motivations lead to Creon's development as a tragic hero and Antigone’s interactions advance to the plot of the play. They differ in ways of their thoughts. Antigone and Creon both have different views. Creon cares about his throne and the city while Antigone Obeys her gods and family so Antigone wants to bury Polyneices, but when Polyneices and Eteocles killed each other, Creon only had respect for Eteocles so when he found out Antigone wanted to bury Polyneices he wanted her dead. First of all, Creon’s self-confidence leads to his downfall in this play. Creon believes he is always right and when it comes to listening to other people
