Antigones

The characters in the play Antigone all suffer a downfall of some sort. The major characters suffer the most, though. In this short essay, I will document on how the two main characters, Creon and Antigone, both inevitably become tragic heroes. The first example that I observed in Antigone was her self-righteous plight to bury her brother. She believes that what she is doing is right, and that she will do it no matter what …

…didn't die in person on the day that caused countless deaths, but he did die in spirit and character. He realized that he was wrong, and that the only way he thought he could relieve the realization of his actions was to kill himself; which never happened. Sophocles certainly didn't break "the norm" with the script of this play, but he did break the wills of his characters, by making them suffer the unmentionable, death.