Aspects of a Tragic Hero

Parts of a Tragic Hero To be a lamentable saint, the character must show an extraordinary quality of valor, including a powerlessness, that could prompt their downfall. Sophocles, the extraordinary antiquated dramatist of the Greek Empire was as mainstream then as he is today. Antigone, one of his numerous plays, is as yet refreshing in current writing. Sophocles’ fundamental characters Antigone and Creon are both comparative and various in which they could qualify as unfortunate legends. Antigone and Creon have a lot of comparable attributes that could qualify them both as grievous saints. Creon exhibits inordinate pride by announcing that â€Å"He could never have any dealings with a foe of the people† (1. 26-27 Sophocles). Creon just needed Antigone to be an adversary of the individuals to permit his pride to remain steadfast. Despite the fact that Creon had sent down the requests to lay Antigione‘s sibling, Polyneices, â€Å"out for the birds†, Antigone is resolved to conflict with Creon’s requests for what she feels is correct, thusly turning into a skirmish of wills. In differentiating Antigone and Creon, Antigone’s activities could be seen as hubris, yet she was just making the right decision for another person, and likely would have done it for anyone. Where as Creon utilizes each second to demonstrate his capacity, rather than thinking about what is correct. This is demonstrated valid, even to the end when Creon needs to execute Antigone for her selling out to him and his pride, while Antigone acknowledges it and chooses to pass on with respect. Dissimilar to a samurai in Japan biting the dust with respect would not be submitting to their foe, it would have been to assume control over it before the foe had the joy (Strayer394). Antigone and Creon could qualify as sad legends since they were both similarly Traylor2 immersed in saving their own pride. In the play, the divine beings look downward on Creon in his moves he made toward the internments of Etocles and Polyneices. This was sufficient for the divine beings to make a residue storm, so the peruser thinks, until the residue settles. They before long acknowledge it was Antigone making it to conceal her naughty designs to give her sibling an appropriate internment. As should be obvious, both Antigone and Creon will go to heartbreaking lengths to satisfy their wants. Traylor3 Works Cited Sophocles. â€Å"Antigone. † Holt McDougal Literature. Texas: Holt McDougal. 1068-1106. Print. Strayer, Robert W. Types of behavior that most people will accept as normal: a Brief Global History. Boston: Bedford/St Martin's, 2009. Print.