Antigone Creon: Tragic Hero Criteria for a tragic hero: # # # # # Usually of noble birth; has a lot to lose Hamartia-

Hamartia- a tragic flaw Peripeteia - a reversal of fortune brought about by the hero's tragic flaw Epiphany- actions result in an increase of self- awareness and self-knowledge Catharsis- The audience must feel pity and fear for this character

Quotations of Aspects and explanation: 1.) "No man shall bury, none should wail for him" pg. 9 -Creon, by disobeying the gods, shows the tragic flaw in which he obtains. Due t o his unforgiving pride, he makes the haste decision of not allowing a proper bu rial for his nephew, depicting that he believes that his laws, man's law, are of more power than the gods who control one's ultimate fate. 2.) "Furies from Death and Heavens, lay await for thee" pg. 40 -Creon ignores the prophet, Tiresias's warning. He shows again his tragic flaw o f pride, which ultimately leads to his downfall, the death of his wife, son and Antigone. 3.) "Death is upon them...worth his father for the maiden slain" pg. 44 -Creon discovers his mistakes. His pride and inability to listen to the prophet has caused the deaths of his loved ones. Due to his harsh actions, he is forced to suffer the consequences. 4.) "Woe is me! To none else can they lay it, this guilt but to me! pg. 50 -His realization of his mistakes lead him to feel a sense of defeat. This brings about sorrow and pity for the audience, the final trait of a tragic hero. Techniques Used: Sophocles' characterization and use of foreshadow allows for the reader to under stand that Creon is the tragic hero in his play, Antigone. He characterizes Creo n to be a character full of hubris which acts as his tragic flaw. By setting up the plot for Creon to be warned by the prophet that he will face his downfall, y et not acknowledging his prediction to be true, Sophocles creates foreshadowing and allows the reader to create the assumption that Creon's fate will soon take a turn for the worst. Tragic Hero: Antigone Quotations of Aspect and Explanation: 1.) Antigone comes from nobility as she is the daughter of Oedipus, the late kin g. 2.) "Now you will show if you are worthy of your birth or no...I shall not prove disloyal" pg. 2 -Antigone first shows her tragic flaw of hubris, stubbornness, and the inability to be advised by others. Because she does not heed her sister's advice to obey

Creon, she ultimately faces her demise. Antigone believes in gods' law over man' s laws. 3.) "Yes, that i saw this girl burying the body you forbade to bury." Antigone defies her uncle by burying the body of her brother, aware of the conse quences that may come. 4.)"Death is upon them- death." pg. 44 Antigone is sentenced to await death in a cave by the decree of Creon. She makes the haste decision to commit suicide, just before Creon was able to save her by announcing a repeal of his decree. Her actions cause her final doom. Techniques Used: Sophocles characterizes Antigone to be a stubborn, disobedient women who defies her uncle. Antigone is described as a "pleasant yet pitiful sight to see" (17) d epicting that she is of true nature, yet still obtains a tragic flaw, as evident in the author's use of diction. Antigone projects pride and unwillingness to be easily settled. Her stubbornness created by Sophocles characterization accentua tes her role as a tragic hero, though she never reaches an epifany.