Antigone And Creon Research Paper

Rylee Cooper Sarah Stewart English 1302 25 April 2024 Creon’s Fate In Sophocles’s Antigone there are two heroes: Antigone and Creon. Although the play is titled after Antigone, she is merely the sacrifice made to trigger the true devastation. The tragic hero is none other than Creon, who loses everything in an attempt to do what is right. Using Aristotle’s characteristics of a tragic hero, Creon’s legitimacy as the hero is proven through his motives, bravery, humanistic faults, and unwavering morals. Aristotle says that a tragic hero “first, and most important. must be good,” (chapter 15), and, to the casual eye, Creon is the antagonist who sentences a poor, grieving girl to death. Underneath the surface, Creon is just as good-natured as Antigone is, only on an entirely different scale. …show more content…
Creon’s opening speech displays his loyalty, “...when I see any threat to this nation, from whatever direction, I shall make it public. No one who is an enemy of the State shall ever be any friend of mine,” (page 11). Clearly, he just wants what is best for his country as the newly appointed king. Although he made his standards clear from the very beginning, he is not heartless when it comes to his family. He displays genuine love for his son as soon as he sees him, “...we are always comrades, and my love for you is unshaken,” (page 28). He also grieves the loss of his family deeply at the end of the play, and mentions the gods throughout. His principles simply just do not align with Antigone’s, leading to the calamity at hand. The second aspect of Aristotle's characterization requirements is the part that makes Creon a hero: courage. There is no doubt that Creon is courageous. His power, however, comes from his

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