Antigone And Creon Character Analysis

Most Greek tragedies have a tragic hero who is of nobility with hubris that lead to misguide judgment and their downfall. Both main characters Antigone and Creon have the characteristics as a tragic hero but Creon more so in his status as a king. Creon's hubris and close mindedness doesn't allow him to listen to the advice and comment that are made by his decisions. The ultimatum decision of Creon is putting Antigone who is both family and the fiancé of his son Haemon. Creon has the nerve to tell his son “still friends, in spite of everything, my son?” (142). Haemon tells his father yes, his word is law and he would not go against him with the answer fill Creon with pride. Creon get advice form Teiresias if he doing the right decisions and if they will be any
Catharsis is the audience and the people of Theban empathize with Creon for try to correct his wrongdoings. The last section of the chorus talks about Creon “that, seeing the stricken heart/Of pride brought down, /we learn when we are old”(162). It took Creon to lose his family to understand his mistake and he should have listened to the divine law then mans. The lesson to learn from the play is that when somebody else falls from their own mistakes. All in all pride is the ultimate downfall of Creon monarchy. For example, we still read Antigone because it can be relevant to daily life events. Like whether or not we should bury a terrorist in USA soil like against the allegedly Boston bomber burial of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. As a human, moral should follow no matter what was the act they caused because the individual still deserve a burial. If not we are giving up humanity or divine law, even for a stranger or family it is important to bury them. Creon, he should have followed the divine law and listen to the advice of other he would have been a great