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Essay Galaxy - Antigone Paper
The Hubris of a Hero
The play Antigone by Sophocles is a play like no other. Its central theme is a practical problem of conduct involving the laws of the gods and those of the humans. Antigone represents the laws of the gods while Creon represents those of the humans. Both characters are very stubborn, neither of them willing to back down or compromise. Both sides are committed to their own reasoning and disinclined to listen to other points of view. Because of the hubris, or overweening pride, of each of the characters, destruction descends upon them. Antigones destruction comes from her being to stubborn to back down, but Creons downfall comes from attempting to be just and right by enforcing the law. Since Creon acted as he thought right and just, then suffered tragedy because of an error he made, he displays the image of a tragic hero.
Creon has assumed the throne and has the har....
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Number Of Words: 700 |
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