Examples Of Tragic Hero In Antigone

A wise man once said, “The strength of a family, like of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.” Imagine having a loved one, one would do anything for this person and then they sadly pass away. Now imagine someone telling that same person’s family that they would not get a proper burial because they are not honorable. How would one feel? Betrayed? Annoyed? Heartbroken? Losing a loved one and not being able to bury them is the scenario is Antigone falls into. Antigone, in the play Antigone, is a young woman, but she is also a tragic hero. A tragic hero is someone who encounters obstacles and of course tragedies. Even though a tragic hero character may be daring and demonstrate bravery, they often make common blunders and contribute to their undoing. In

She is noble yet imperfect because she is inborn into a family of royalty but ending up going against the king and the law. She is flawed because of her stubbornness and pride by thinking she is great enough to defy the king’s proclamation. Her reversal of fate is when she becomes sentenced to death and she understands her misfortune is a result of her action, because she decides she wants to die in a way honorable to her. Finally, she receives punishment far greater than she deserves when she dies by hanging herself after being exiled away. In the play Antigone, by Sophocles, Antigone is the tragic hero because of all the ways she presents, in her plans, desires, thoughts, and actions, the themes of one, loyalty to loved ones no matter what is always accountable, and two even when someone is not deserving of a punishment, because they have done nothing wrong to be able to fight through the challenges. Through her presentation as a tragic hero, Antigone is like the wise man because she lives her life displaying, “the strength of a family, like an army, is in its loyalty to each