Antigone: Creon and Antigone's Suffering
Brianna Labrice
Mrs. Campbell
12th Grade, Honors Online English
September 27th, 2013 Suffering
In the tragedy “Antigone” there are two main characters who suffer greatly, Creon and Antigone. Although, compared to Antigone, Creon's suffering is more intense. Creon does not accept and understands his flaws, his tragedy basically happens due to his stubbornness, narcissism and tyrant-like behavior. Creon suffers the most because he is the guilty one, he does the most wrong which causes a lot of the dark turns in the play. He deliberately ignores the fact that his family is suffering and even his people. He makes fun of his son, for his choice of a bride. When Argan and Theban die, Creon is stubborn and refuses to give them a respectful ceremony. And lastly, he is disrespectful to Tiresias when he is just simply trying to warn Creon of the consequences coming to him. In the end, Creon suffers the most because he does way more harm than good and karma was bound to bite him sometime. Antigone suffers greatly too just not as much as Creon, but she is a tragic hero. In the beginning of the play, she suffers when her brothers die and then they didn’t get a proper funeral. Antigone faces a difficult decision, because each of the decisions lead to death. But also, she believes that once she is dead, nobody will remember her. When Antigone ends up killing herself, it makes her a tragic hero because what she did was morally right. Both Antigone and Creon suffer greatly but Creon definitely suffers the most because he doesn’t accept that his decisions are so greatly immoral. Antigone did the right thing in the end, which is why she is the tragic hero of the play. But Creons actions and guilt will essentially “eat him alive”, causing way more suffering, especially in the afterlife.
Mrs. Campbell
12th Grade, Honors Online English
September 27th, 2013 Suffering
In the tragedy “Antigone” there are two main characters who suffer greatly, Creon and Antigone. Although, compared to Antigone, Creon's suffering is more intense. Creon does not accept and understands his flaws, his tragedy basically happens due to his stubbornness, narcissism and tyrant-like behavior. Creon suffers the most because he is the guilty one, he does the most wrong which causes a lot of the dark turns in the play. He deliberately ignores the fact that his family is suffering and even his people. He makes fun of his son, for his choice of a bride. When Argan and Theban die, Creon is stubborn and refuses to give them a respectful ceremony. And lastly, he is disrespectful to Tiresias when he is just simply trying to warn Creon of the consequences coming to him. In the end, Creon suffers the most because he does way more harm than good and karma was bound to bite him sometime. Antigone suffers greatly too just not as much as Creon, but she is a tragic hero. In the beginning of the play, she suffers when her brothers die and then they didn’t get a proper funeral. Antigone faces a difficult decision, because each of the decisions lead to death. But also, she believes that once she is dead, nobody will remember her. When Antigone ends up killing herself, it makes her a tragic hero because what she did was morally right. Both Antigone and Creon suffer greatly but Creon definitely suffers the most because he doesn’t accept that his decisions are so greatly immoral. Antigone did the right thing in the end, which is why she is the tragic hero of the play. But Creons actions and guilt will essentially “eat him alive”, causing way more suffering, especially in the afterlife.