Antigone

            In many tragic plays, tragic heroes experience difficult situations. In Antigone, by Sophcles, Antigone's pride her life that much more badly. She is of a noble background, which she lost as a direct action to her pride. Her punishment is exceeding in which she is sealed to die for the pride she shows.
             Antigone's pride is a great thing that leads her to death. She shows this pride by first burying her brother, Eteocles, after her uncle and king Creon made specific rules not to commit this act. Her pride drove her to commit this crime and give her brother a proper burial. Although she knows that she will die from this crime she confesses to it, even when she had the chance to deny her crime and walk. Antigone knew she was going to die and never cried over this fate because of her pride. Her pride made her do many heroic things that tragic heroes are proud to do.
             Antigone is from a noble family in which her dad Oedipus once king and brother once king and her Uncle Creon now the king of Thebes. Although she had this noble background she lost it all with one little mistake. She lost all traces of her noble background with one false move. Her pride was the main cause of her downfall and made her hit rock bottom. She lost all her family because of her pride.
             She had to pay the price for the crime she committed. But her price was much too big for the crime she had committed. She was sentenced to death because she gave her bother a proper burial in which he disserved. She in turn was sentenced to death by her Uncle Creon by being stoned to death. Her punishment was a little less harsh than Creon had planed on and just walled her up in a cave so every one would not turn on him. This punishment still exceeds her crime but makes her a tragic hero.
             In Antigone, Antigone shows tragic heroism by her tragic flaw, pride. Also her being of a noble class and a downfall due to her pride. Her punishment went way over its limit for the crime she committed.