Sophocles' Antigone explores the characters of Antigone and Haemon as rebels. ... Even with these restrictions, Antigone proclaims that Polynices is her brother and that: "[She] will not be caught betraying him" (Antigone, line 46). ... Moreover, the quote foreshadows Kreon's tragic loss of his family due to his immense inflexibility and stubbornness, which is actually his hamartia, or tragic flaw which leads to his downfall. ... Antigone is a strong woman in a very patriarchal society. ... Rebellion is punished in Antigone as both Antigone and Haemon reach a tragic end. ...

• Word Count: 1058
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the play Antigone, Sophocles at first portrays Creon as a respected leader who formulates a rational basis for his laws and punishments, and has a generally positive reputation among the people of Thebes. ... It is this manner that Creon can be seen as the tragic character in the play Antigone. ... This quote further exemplifies Creon's corruption, as he threatens a soldier with death. ... He dismissed Haimon's love for Antigone as petty and immaterial, and he refused to believe that Antigone's dead brother deserved a proper burial. ... Finally, Creon has his anagnorisis, ...

• Word Count: 951
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Also, since Antigone disobeyed the law as well, because of Creon's weak character, he sends Antigone to her death also. ... This is a totally different idea when we take a look at Antigone. ... The story shows the reader that we have one good character, Antigone, and one evil character, Creon. Overall, we see that neither Creon nor Antigone were good or bad, according to Aristotle's quote because of the fact that Antigone chose the wrong way to make her problems better and Creon tried to take over and demand to much, therefore there is no good or bad, just weakness. ...

• Word Count: 301
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School