Being guided by negative character traits can lead to a character's downfall. ... Her tenacious loyalty to her brother becomes her hamartia, her tragic error, and ultimately causes her downfall. ... He is warned by many people, especially Haemon and Tiresias, that his pride would lead to his downfall. ... By the time he finally relinquishes his pride, sees the error of his ways, and decides to spare Antigone, it is too late. Creon's pride causes him to lose his entire family. ...

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We learn from the heroes not to let arrogance possess your soul, because excessive pride can cause people to lose good opportunities to better themselves. ... In the cases of Creon and Keller, their error has caused the deaths of many people, thus ruining their lives. ... These flaws cause the hero to make a serious error that eventually causes his/her life to crumble. ... Now and then, we learn from tragedies as common people to avoid making the same errors the tragic heroes make. ... "Oh," someone might say when they discover Antigone's fate, "how tragic." ...

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In the speech, he speaks a metaphor about how in flood time, the trees that bend are safe and how the inflexible trees get uprooted. ... Strong-willed people who are not willing to go with the flow get torn down first and people that submit to his laws are safe. ... But her death will cause another"" (Sophocles 222). ... When he talks about how the trees get uprooted during flood time, the reader can picture heavy rain and wind tearing through the earth, and trees getting deracinated. ... Even though Haimon cautioned Creon about his errors in ruling, Creon remained stubborn and true to his wil...

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In order to provoke empathy, the character should not be too virtuous or too evil but must be someone the audience can identify with. This is what moves us to fear, the ability to recognize in ourselves a similar possibility of error (Kennedy & Gioia, 2013). ... His tragic flaw forces the audience to fear for him, without losing all respect because it is a mistake or error rather than an innate flaw. ... Arthur Miller's describes how Willy is a tragic hero in a modern sense in his "Tragedy of the Common Man". ... In modern tragedy it is shown that normal people go through tragedies. ...

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Since ancient times, philosophers and writers have sought to understand how people use power and how, in turn, a that use of power affects themselves and their actions. ... The play reveals how power, whether real or not, causes one to become arrogant and oblivious and inevitably leads to tragedy. Creon's wielding of power as the ruler of Thebes leads to hubris which in turn causes him to lose touch with the world around him, including the people he represents and leads. ... For example, when trying to persuade Creon to change his mind Haimon uses the metaphor, "In the winter floods you c...

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Creon's anguish can be felt when he says "Lead me away. ... To refute, Creon first starts the story off as a noble ruler who makes law that are for the good of the people, making the people loyal to him. ... The choragus is telling the audience that the people obey Creon for he has taken the position as ruler, although he does not want it in the first place, causing the excessive wanting for glory and pride that causes his demise. ... Though the audience notices how villainous Creon is to his Antigone his only villainous aspect is making rash decisions and not listening to others because ...

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Would it have been better just to leave the situation how it was? ... The morals that Antigone had instilled in her since the day of her birth are what caused her to rise above Kreone's tyranny. ... The fact that she was a woman standing up to the King, of all people, didn't help sway Kreone's decision. ... He was forewarned of his stupidity by many people "All mankind is subject to error. ... But the magnitude of her actions can only be viewed when set against the background of the time period. ...

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The first major theme is fate, on how the play comes about and the turn of events that come about throughout it. ... This just shows how terrible fate has treated the family of Oedipus. ... Creon acknowledges his great mistake in being prideful and realizes how his pride caused suffering. ... Creon's greatest error was that he truly believed that Polyneices was traitor, which consequently forced him to issue a degree forbidding Polyneices a proper burial. ... Even though she had excused for her actions, she still lost her own life and the lives of people close to her . ...

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(Act 5, Sc. 2), his shields fall when he tells to Horatio that how his life is going along: How all occasions do inform against me And spur my dull revenge Now whether it be Bestial oblivion or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on th" event How stand I then, That have a father killed, a mother stained Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleep, while to my shame I see The imminent death of twenty thousand men That for a fantasy and trick of fame Go to their graves like beds, fight for plot Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, Which is no tomb enough and continen...

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