Antigone (creon As The Tragic :: essays research papers

Creon as the Tragic Hero In Antigone written by Sophocles, Creon is the tragic wedge shape. Creon is the tragic hero because of his error in judgement, stubborn way of ruling Thebes, his change, and all the tragedy brought on by his actions. Although Creon changed only when amessenger told him there would be a tragic ending because of all his actions, he did try to correct what he had done.Creon ordered that Polyneices clay be left out to be eaten by vultures andwhile dogs because Polyneices rebelled against his crony Esteocles rule in Thebes. In this incident, both Polyneices and Esteocles (the ruler of Thebes) were killed. Creons stubborn way of ruling influenced everything that occurred because of him giving Esteocles a formal burial and leaving Polyneices body out to be eaten. Antigone, the sister of Polyneices and Esteocles, thought it was wrong that Esteocles had a formal burial and Polyneices was left out to be eaten by wild dogs and vultures. Antigone then heady it was h er duty to bury Polyneices, so she disobeyed Creons decree and covered Polyneices body with dirt and wine. Unfortunately, Antigone was caught in the act of burying Polyneices so, Creon sentenced her (his own sons finance) to be ordinate into a stone vault, to die of starvation and for Polyneices body to be uncovered. Then a messenger came and told Creon that there would be a tragic ending because of his error in judgement. Creon then quickly ordered Antigone to be freed and Polyneices to be buried, but he was too late. In the meantime, a messenger told Eurydice (Creons wife) that her son Haimon was dead and that his termination was caused by Creons actions. Eurydice killed herself because the son she loved mostwas dead. In the meantime, Creon discovered that Polyneices body had been eaten by vultures and wild dogs so he quickly went to the vault Antigone was put in. WhenCreon arrived at the vault, he found Antigone had hung herself with her wedding dressand his son Haimon had kill ed himself because of the death of Antigone. Creon returned home to tell his wife Eurydice of all the tragedy caused by his own error in judgement, only to find Eurydice dead too.