Antigone Creon Character Traits

The Summary Is About Antigone Who Lost Her Brother Who Died In The War And She Wants To GIve Him The Right Burial For Her Brother. Antigone Loves Her Brother And Wants To Let The People Know That. She Lost Her Father In The War, Her Mom Hung Her Herself, And Now She Lost Her Brother Like Her Father In The War.

Creon has more to offer than just his nobility, he has flaw. Creon arrested Antigone's sister Ismene for no reason at all, just because he thought that she did something, and when he had no proof of it whatever. He thought that he had enough courage to pull ismene into the house and accuses her of something she didn’t do. Creon thinks that sense he’s the king then everyone needs to talk to him in a certain way. He gets mad when people talk to him like he’s just a person but he doesn’t realize that their trying to tell him something important and he won’t listen to

The character of antigone is multidimensional, her complex set of traits and motives can make it hard to determine what her true intentions are. That being said, in this passage we can clearly see that she attributes her actions to a love for family. This strength shows a weakness in Creon and his army. Regardless how strong, or how monumental they seem, antigone uses wit and dedication to bypass them and do right by her family. The fear creon incites winds up benefiting antigone in her efforts to honor her family and reveal Creon's flaws. The author uses word choice and imagery to show where Antigone's loyalty lies, and to expose Creon's ego.

His tragic flaw of excessive pride and arrogance prevents him from being able to logically access circumstances. He goes through a sudden reversal of fortune where he suffers from catastrophic losses, and he realizes that his misfortunes are caused by his own doings. Creon, being the brother of the late queen Jocasta, uncle and brother-in-law to the banished King Oedipus, and uncle to the former King Eteocles has extremely high noble stature (Doc C). Also, he comes from a position of extreme power, as shown by his three separate crowning as King of Thebes. Because of this, Creon as a tragic hero, has much to lose and will “fall from tremendous good fortune” (Doc C), causing the audience to feel a sense of “pity and fear” (Doc C) for Creon. His loss of his family and status due to his tragic flaw makes the audience pity him because his “punishment exceeds the crime” (Doc C) while making them subconsciously fear for themselves because “the hero is better than we are, and still failed” (Doc C). If the hero who is better than we are failed, then how will we compare? Sophocles creates the epitome of a tragic hero in his tragedy, Antigone, by capturing all five traits of a tragic hero into one character:

Creon's self-confidence overrides doing what is right, and causes him to make poor choices. Creon refuses to hear and consider the opinions and ideas of others. He is stubborn and convinced that he is doing what is right by killing Antigone and not burying Polyneices. He does not want to "show [himself] weak before the people or to break [his]sworn word" (iii.26). Creon cares more about his control and power over the people than his character. Creon refuses to lose the loyalty and respect of his people. He wants to be in control. Haemon tells his father, King Creon, "There are other men who can reason, too;and their opinions might be helpful. [He is] not in a position to know everything" (iii.55). Creon is creating an anarchy rather than a democracy. He will not listen to others because of his fear of losing his masculinity. The people of Thebes do not believe killing Antigone is right, and they lose respect for the King. Teiresias gets a sign from the gods that a terrible fate is coming, making Creon aware that he may suffer some dreadful consequences.

Through his actions Creon causes himself from being in complete control to losing everything, in Antigone, by Sophocles. Creon’s flaw of being arrogant causes him to lose everyone he loves because he chose not to listen to the advice of other people, causing him to lose complete control. Creon believes that since he is in charge he does not have to listen to other people and he is always right, his arrogance overtook him.

“…I, as next in blood, have succeeded full power of the throne…” (Antigone, Scene 1, 17) As he speaks to the chorus he states that he will be king because he was next in blood in the royal family. He understands that he cannot expect to be treated as king without showing that he can be tested in office; he must show that he is stable enough to follow his own rule. Then he displays his strength by stating “…no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man.” (Antigone, Scene 1, 49-50) Here Creon explains he is loyal to his beliefs and refuses to do otherwise. When he mentioned a “traitor”, he specifically refers to Polyneices. He believed that anyone who went against their own state was a traitor, and in this case it was Polyneices. He explains that anyone who listens to his laws will have his respect when they are dead, but if they do otherwise they will have no reverence from him as king. His punishment for burying Polyneices was a part of what made the Thebans afraid of him. The Thebans kept their tongues on leash because although they would have been going against the Gods, Creon would not think twice about stoning the person. Creon’s pride blinded him from paying attention to the ethics of the

A tragic play called Antigone; written by Sophocles, who has created a stubborn, hubris, and cursed king; king of Thebes- a man named Creon. He had a son, Haimon, who fell in love, and was engaged to his cousin, Antigone. Antigone was royalty, with characteristics like her father. She was strong-headed, hubris and loyal to her family. Creon’s respect for Antigone vanished, because she buried her brother, Polyneices with pride and love. One of Creon’s law was not to bury Polyneices or even pray for him, and whoever does will be punished. Antigone did not deny her deeds, family or not, Creon, her uncle, still punished her for her crime that she has committed. Creon and Antigone, who are both hubris and stubborn people, who’s plan ended their lives; either in a cruse or a rope around their neck. However the true tragic hero is someone who has

Creon is a very stubborn man like when he said this to the guard “This and more- you sold your life for silver. ”(377).Creon is accusing the guard of burying the body even though it wasn't him. Creon doesn't listen to the guard or even want to hear what he has to say but still accuses him of taking bribe. When Antigone was talking to To Ismene Antigone says “I’ll hate you if you're going to talk that way. And you’ll rightly earn loathing of the dead.

In Sophocles Antigone, the actions of the primary characters Antigone and Creon make statements about the flaws in human characteristics. Through their central conflict, both characters demonstrate that even the noblest human can be inflexible, overly concerned with pride, and can cause the suffering of others. Most common arguments state that Creon best demonstrates these characteristics, as he imposes strict rule over his citizens, appears to strive to protect his pride, and is a proponent of harsh punishments. Although this is a valid argument, Antigone better exemplifies the stubborn attitude and concern with personal pride that leads to the suffering of those around her.

Antigone, one of the Three Theban Plays, which was translated by Robert Fagles, was set in Thebes, ancient Greece. It is an example of how much power can go to someone’s head one they have it. Creon, the king, had banned anyone from burying one of Antigone’s brothers because he was said to be a traitor. Antigone wanted her brother wanted to be buried with the rest of her family, and so she rebels against the king and buries her brother, even when her sister advises her not to. In the end, everyone passes away besides Creon to sit in agony. In the play, Creon’s power had left him arrogant and cold In the beginning, he was very hard-headed and set on pride, but towards the end his attitude had changed around, along with controlled by fate.

Son against father, brother against brother leaving heartbreak and destruction in Thebes. This city once peaceful and happy gets destroyed by men doing anything for power. From the destruction of a family and city comes a new king with plans of his own. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the character Creon takes the placement of king, and decides to go against the gods for his own pride. The king of Thebes, Creon, is the tragic hero of the play because he passes from happiness to misery, his downfall happens because of a character flaw, and he recognizes clearly, but is too late to fix his errors.

A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a bad decision that inevitably leads to his or her own downfall. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Creon is the tragic hero because he goes through all the phases of a tragic character. Creon is royalty, has a tragic flaw, is stubborn and prideful. He doesn't listen to anyone creating his own downfall, he eventually recognizes his mistakes, but is it too late? He is the perfect recipe for a tragic hero.

Unfortunately, Creon does not always make the correct decision because of personality traits that he possesses. When Creon sentences Antigone to death, he is wrong. This decision is based on Creon’s downfalls. He has hamartia and he judges wrong, and he also suffers from hubris. He is excessively prideful and believes that his choice is the only correct one. Creon also has an inaccurate view of his place in relation to the Gods. He believes he is in a position to know what They want and know what They feel is best. No mortal truly knows what the Gods want, but Creon believes he does because he cannot imagine that what he believes is wrong, even to the Gods. Antigone’s death is a bad decision that Creon makes based on his beliefs that the Gods view Polyneices as a traitor and would not want him honored in death.

Creon is characterized as an authoritarian tyrannical ruler. He created the law stating that nobody was to bury the body of Polynices because he betrayed the city of Thebes. Creon was right to make his law because Polynices was a turncoat and died on Theban soil. Although his law was harsh, he believed that he was in the right because a villain such as Polynices did not deserve a proper burial. Creon was especially enraged when Antigone disregarded his law because Polynices was her brother, “Oh but I hate it more / when a traitor, caught red-handed, / tries to glorify his crimes (Creon 552-554).”