Antigone vs Creon as Tragic Hero in Sophocles's "Antigone". Quotes taken from harcourt/ Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald translation.
Title: Antigone vs Creon as Tragic Hero in Sophocles's "Antigone". Quotes taken from harcourt/ Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald translation.
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Antigone vs Creon as Tragic Hero in Sophocles's "Antigone". Quotes taken from harcourt/ Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald translation.
Category: /Social Sciences/Sociology
Details: Words: 727 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
According to Aristotle, a tragic hero in a Greek drama must meet certain requirements. The tragic hero must be of noble birth, be basically good, must have a tragic flaw, and must have a moment of realization at some point in the work. Although Antigone is the namesake of the Sophocles play and is a hero in her own right, she is not a tragic hero. Creon is the true tragic hero of Antigone in
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foil of his character as the protagonist, Antigone, Sophocles creates a vision of tragedy which is as complex as the human condition it explores. Sophocles raises the question of man's ultimate place in the universe with two characters, each representing different strata of the human spirit, torn between mortal and immortal law, free will and fate. He answers with the tragedy of Creon, who in the end finds wisdom and learns through his own suffering.