By then it is too late, and thus he follows the path of a tragic character, displaying the characteristics as described by Aristotle: The character has a hamartia1, which is a characteristic that is seen as a fatal flaw, which, in most cases, is the excessive pride that Creon demonstrates. ... "Go, quibble with thy reason. ... When Tiresias attempts to make a sacrifice to the gods, the birds he uses would not burn. ... His hubris is the root cause of his refusal to effectively deal with situations and the reason he dismisses the importance of Haimon's and Antigone's relationship...

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