Creon

She buried her brother and was killed. Is that really fair burying a dead family member for death? It’s really also she never really buried him she buried him and he was dug back up then she was killed. That is not a very fair death the least that Creon could have done was let her go but she was killed and that was her…

suffering, but Creon comes out to be a stronger candidate in the tragedy. In Sophocles Antigone, Creon proves to be the tragic hero because of his hubris, pathos, and peripeteia. In every Greek tragedy, the tragic hero has a tragic flaw, hamartia. In Antigone, Creon’s tragic flaw proves to be his hubris. Aristotle finds that hubris is more for shaming the victim, not because of anything that happened to a person or might happen to a person, but for that person's own satisfaction. Creon is…

highly esteemed hero falls due to a hamartia, or a fatal flaw. When people look at the play with the mindset of trying to find Oedipus’s fatal flaw, they see someone who is over-confident, proud, and quick to judge. How Oedipus speaks to Teiresias and Creon is what people use to determine these qualities. The issue is the crime committed happened years before this and Oedipus is already an “incestuous parricide”. That would mean the punishment was inflicted well before the crime, which is not…

Antigone believed the honorable thing to do was to make sure her brother had a proper burial. Even though Creon made an edict declaring that burying her brother was against the law, Antigone knew that she had to bury him no matter the repercussions. Compared to Rosa Parks situation, she knew there would be consequences for not giving her seat up for a white…

had evidence of who was the murder of the King so he would get people he believed were the murder although there was no solid evidence. “Oedipus, they point out, is proud and over confident; he harbours unjustified suspicions against Teiresias and Creon; in one place.” (Dodd’s pg. 19) This attitude was what drove him into finding out about his past and the murderer of King Laius because he believes everything will go his way and that he is always…

Antigone would not have committed suicide for Haemon like Haemon did for her, as she did not have the same feelings for him. Because Haemon loved Antigone passionately, he felt obligated to protect and support her. However, immediate family and faith were more important to Antigone. In spite of this, Antigone’s loyalty to her family did not apply to Haemon, as they were only engaged, and he was not a member of her immediate family. While, Haemon’s actions were directly related to Antigone, most…

correct, they achieved redemption in the afterlife, and thus are seen as flying away from the diseased family line. Also, there is blood dripping from the leaf representing Creon. This blood flows down the branches of the tree, and pools up at the roots of the tree. I wanted this to symbolize the violent betrayal which Creon perpetuates seeping into the…

creatorrhea1,3. Creon is a drug that is used to treat this insufficiency2. Creon was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in…

Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex”, written around 429 B.C.E., was a Greek tragedy focused on the fall of the Theban King Oedipus. He was considered a strong, brave, and seemingly intelligent king by the ancient people of Thebes. Although this tragic hero had a multitude of good qualities, Oedipus had quite a few negative traits that led to his tragic end. His imperfections were such that they caused his inner blindness. They ultimately led to the demise of his family and of himself. The two flaws that…

Antigone is a play that demonstrates the religious duties coming before civic duties. Antigone decided it was best to follow her moral obligation to bury her brother Polyneices rather that follow Creon's decree and she was right to do so. Antigone and Creon are on two different sides of the spectrum when it comes to religious and civic duties. Sophocles sided with Antigone and so did a specific reader. With that said let’s explore the possibilities. Antigone beleived that she had the moral…