essay on tragic characters from Antigone

After examining the play, Antigone, for tragic characters, it is seen that there could be many different possibilities. One character is clearly shown to be the tragic character though, and that is Antigone. She plays this role so great because she has all of the correct characteristics of a tragic character including her tragic flaw and her downfall. A tragic character is defined as a person who suffers a downfall in the course of the …

…Polynices but Creon’s laws prevent this but she does it anyway. Antigone suffers her fate as well as the other characters including Haimon who also dies. A tragic character is essential to a play for many reasons. The tragic character suffers a tragic flaw in which a character suffers a downfall. The concept of the tragic character is relevant in all plays and is sometimes difficult to pick out such as this play, “Antigone.”