Sophocles Antigone - Creons Flaws :: Antigone essays

Antigone Creons Flaws In the execute Antigone, I choose Creon to be the tragic hero because he is the queen regnant of Thebes and he looses everything he has. Creon being King makes the audience believe that something the like that target happen to the King consequently what can happen to us. Antigone the niece of Creon, The child of Polyneices was punished by Creon for burying Polyneces after(prenominal) his death, Creon has forbidden bothbody to do so. at a time Creon punished Antigone the blind prophet Teiresias told him that the Gods will take revenge for his actions, then Creon es verbalise to change everything plainly he is withal late. Creons tragic flaws were his stubbornness, the pervert of power and the actions he took to cause the declension of the Thebes. Creon showed his stubbornness by non wanting to be proved wrong because of pride. When the Choragos tried to tell Creon that he made a mistake by telling that nobody can biting the body of Polyneices. Cr eon did not want to listen to the heap of Thebes who tried to tell him that Antigone did the right thing, but of fear to Creon the could not really say anything. Creon thought by making an example of Antigones execution, everybody would get scared and wont resolve to brake his laws. It actually worked for a while. Creon abused his power by intellection that he can change or brake the laws of the Gods and not allowing another(prenominal) people to brake his laws. He did not want to burry Polyneices body, but one of the Gods law is that every human deserves to be buried after death not depending what that certain person did in his lifetime. Creon caused fear among his people by making a public announcement that nobody is allowed to burry Polyneices. He said that the state of Thebes consists of only him, and that there are no other laws then his. According to the play the major actions that Creon took to cause the downfall of Thebes are that he did not want to burry Polyneices no r did allow any body to do it. Creon broke the burial law of the Gods and punished Antigone for by-line their laws. The people of Thebes knew that Creon made a mistake but still were too afraid to speak up. Antigone thought that she should get honored for that what she did, but Creon did not think that way.