Poignant Moment In Robert Fagles 'Antigone'

Throughout the story, both Antigone and Creon are symbols of the theme of pride and power that is shown throughout the story. In Antigone, the theme of pride affects the plot because if Creon was self-less rather than being prideful, he would have understood Antigone’s following of the unwritten laws and accept her feelings, which would prevent her suicide. In conclusion, while there are multiple themes that appear throughout the play, pride and power are both the most

Creon was born of noble birth and that's the reason why Creon possess the tragic flaw of being to proud. This means Creon has too much pride. For example, "Antigone: No, they are with me. But they keep their tongues in leash. Creon: maybe but you are guilty, and they are not." This quote is an example of how Creon has too much pride. Antigone is saying how everyone agrees with what she did but Creon doesn't want to admit

“Tell me briefly—not in some lengthy speech— were you aware there was a proclamation forbidding what you did?” (503-505). The actions, context of Antigone’s words, and also the ideas she proposed, very indepthly contrasted with Creon’s character. Thus resulting in there being a verbal confrontation between the two characters. The conflict between the two caused conflicting motivations such as stubbornness, disrespect, and anger to be projected with Creon’s character. Ultimately, these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by portraying that he knew, the decisions he made were of error, and the character interactions advance the plot by causing conflict throughout the play. Creon had also begun to change throughout the play,

Her defiance of Creon's decision exemplifies the tragic consequences of hubris, as the king's pride precipitates a cascade of catastrophic events. Moreover, Antigone's inexorable fate, intertwined with her commitment to divine law, underscores the theme of fate versus free will, emphasizing the force of destiny in shaping human

Creon’s Foil “Zeus hates an arrogant boasting tongue”(lines 152-153). Antigone's words, action, and ideas contrast with Creon’s to the point of these two characters having conflicting motivations. These conflicting motivations caused the characteristics of stubbornness, disrespect, and anger to be highlighted within Creon’s character. Overall, these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by emphasizing the characteristics that all tragic heroes must have. His interactions with Antigone develops the theme by showing their distinct views.

“You there you with your face bent down towards the ground, what do you say? Do you deny you did this or admit it.” -Creon “I admit I did it. I won’t deny that.” -Antigone (Line(s) 498-500) Antigone’s words, actions and ideas contrast with Creon’s character to the point of these two characters having conflicting motivations. These conflicting motivations cause the characteristics of Antigone, Teiresias and Haemon to be highlighted within Creon’s character. In the end, these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by his flaws, hubris causes his downfall. He will not listen to anyone, he’s stubborn and his pride is too great, and the character interactions advance the plot when Creon sentences Antigone to death, after she’s sent off, he later realizes she didn’t deserve that but when he realized it then it was already too late.

   In the Antigone, unlike the Oedipus Tyrannus, paradoxically, the hero who is left in agony at the end of the play is not the title role. Instead King Creon, the newly appointed and tyrannical ruler, is left all alone in his empty palace with his wife's corpse in his hands, having just seen the suicide of his son. However, despite this pitiable fate for the character, his actions and behavior earlier in the play leave the final scene evoking more satisfaction than pity at his torment. The way the martyr Antigone went against the King and the city of Thebes was not entirely honorable or without ulterior motives of fulfilling pious concerns but it is difficult to lose sight of the fact

Pride is a quality that all people possess in one way or another. Some people take pride in their appearance, worldly possessions, or position in society. The story of Antigone written by Sophocles has two characters who have a tragic flaw of pride. I will show how Creon’s pride of power leads to his destruction, and how Antigone’s pride makes her an honorable character who should be treated as a hero.

Soon after his decision of the fate of Antigone, Creon’s tragic flaw blooms the greatest. This Hubris focuses on the Creon’s relentless, uncompromising, and egotistical attitude. Many try to convince Creon to reconsider on his misguided decision, however, Creon does not yield. It is at this point when one realizes the Hubris of Antigone. Creon possesses a false sense of pride and/or confidence in his intelligence. He believes he cannot be wrong, therefore his uncompromising and egotistical attitude shines brightest. It portrays him as “superficial, pigheaded, self-important man.” (Porter) This is Hamartia, his relentless,

In the play Antigone, Creon starts off as the loyal king of Thebes. He is loyal to the gods and loyal to the welfare of Thebes. However, over the course of the play, Creon degenerates into a tyrant. His degeneration is showing his character development. Creon’s pride about the human law also develops throughout the play, creating conflict with the divine law. When Antigone rebels against his law, he becomes stubborn, and makes myopic decisions and grows into his hamartia. Besides his hamartia, Creon’s position as the king makes him a power hungry man. His power madness degenerates him into becoming a ruthless and vindictive man, even to his family. However, over the course of the play, Creon begins to see that because of the laws of men, he was being blinded of what’s

In this essay, it shall be detailed how sacrifice, love, and Creon make Antigone the best Greek drama of them all. The first reason why Antigone is such a wonderful story is the sacrifice that is detailed. Creon the Cruel, as many believe he should have been called, decreed that anyone who attempted to bury the body of Polynices, the true heir of Thebes, son of Oedipus, was to be stoned to death. Antigone, the poor lad’s sister, knew of the decree, but she, as well as all of Greece, also knew the decree of the gods; that the one who is not buried shall never be able to find peace in the afterlife, and the one who did not bury the dead was accursed in the eyes of gods and men.

Out of imprudence, Antigone does not realize the negative effects of antagonizing Creon. After being captured by the guard and brought to Creon, she reveals her intentions to Creon and even belittles him by indicating that his orders is not so strong that he, “a mortal man”,

Therefore, it is only natural that fate would play such a large role in Antigone. Antigone’s personal and familial sense of pride is almost unrivaled in the play. She urges Creon to

Pride is the cause of the main conflict in Sophocles’ play, Antigone. Everyone should have pride, but Creon had too much of it and that blinded him. His pride in his power and abuse of authority was his tragic flaw that ultimately led to his downfall. On the other hand, Antigone takes pride in her beliefs and has the courage to speak out for what she thinks is right. For this, Antigone is seen as an honorable character and the hero of the play. It is shown that there are often two sides to things; pride can be both a source of strength and self-destruction.

Full of drama and tragedy, Antigone can be used to relate to current conflicts. One such conflict is that between Haemon and his father Creon. Haemon looks up to Creon with honor and pride, but as conflict arises, that relation is disassociated and new feelings grow. The first conversation between them is what initiates the downfall of their bond. While it seems that Creon is the most important person in Haemon’s life, Antigone is in fact the one that has won Haemon over.