I find it interesting how some fellow classmates believe Antigone is the classic tragic hero in Antigone. I also find it quite ironic how the king is again the one who is in trouble in the play as was Oedipus in Oedipus Rex. I find it clear and present that Creon is the tragic hero in Antigone. There are so many flaws that Creon had hubris being the most damning.
I can see how Antigone could have been stubborn but I do not think it goes as far as a flaw or even a tragic hero. I will agree that Antigone was definitely a hero by standing up to her family and king and demanding proper respect for her brother. I do not believe that anything was flawed or wrong with Antigone and that she was behaving and expressing the feelings and emotions that a normal person would towards a family member. Her brother may have been traitor but he was still her brother as well as a relative of the family.
Traitors!!!
Creon seems to have been the root of all evil in the play and seemed to have caused the world to fall down around him based on the choices he made. The reality was that Creon had the power to do something yet chose to do the wrong thing for his family. I believe that perhaps in addition to his tragic flaws was the fact that the fallen brother as well as Antigone were his tragic brothers kids. These kids were tragically incest which may have led to the ultimately easier decision of ignoring Antigone and eventually doing away with her. The fact that they were not his own kids might have made it even easier to try to benefit his reputation. These facts coupled with his tragic hero flaws made the results an inevitable catastrophe.
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