Who Is Creon A Tragic Hero

A tragic hero is a character who makes a judgment error that leads to the downfall of that character. Unfortunately for Antigone, that character is her. Although Creon makes bad judgments, he is not a hero because he did not make a personal sacrifice for what he believed in. Antigone resolutely believed that burying her beloved brother, Polyneices, was the conscientious thing to do, even though Creon inhibited the proper burial for whom he believed to be a traitor. Antigone believes “Creon is not strong enough to stand” in her way of doing what she thinks is right (26).
Antigone chooses to bury Polyneices and proclaims that she believes in a higher law. Ismene, Antigone's sister, was requested to join in on the burying of their brother, but