Antigone
There is still a great debate on who is, in fact, the true hero in Sophocles’ . Many hold that it must be , herself; after all, the play does bear her name. But in actuality, Creon, not , is the true tragic hero. In order to determine whether of not Creon is the true tragic hero, one will first have to answer the question, “What is a tragic hero?” Aristotle, when discussing the nature of such a hero in his theory of drama, states that such a hero is neither purely innocent nor purely evil. This person is usually born high in the ranks of society and must also po ....
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