How Can Antigone Be Considered A Tragic Hero

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If someone were punished for paying reverence to to their brother or sister, would they be considered a tragic hero? Or would the punisher who faces the consequences of his wrong-doings be a tragic hero? In Sophocles’ Antigone, there lies much controversy over who should be labeled as the tragic hero, a great figure who meets an ultimate fall due to tragic flaw which is usually hubris, or having too much pride. Within the plot, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, disobeys Creon, her uncle, by burying the body of her deceased brother, Polynices. Creon then punishes Antigone and... -For reasons such as the criteria that must be met to be considered a tragic hero and the initial intentions of the character, Antigone is the evident tragic hero