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Tragic hero in antigone

Who is the tragic hero in Antigone?
Aristotle defined tragedy as the arousal of pity and fear. According to him, only the true tragic hero can cause the audience to feel these emotions. The tragic hero can neither be complete good or complete evil. This character starts off living a successful life and experiences a collapse caused by an unfortunate flaw that the character holds. This character will soon realize his or her flaw and be humbled. The audience will feel pity for the character because they now realize that like them, the character is not perfect. Because the character has realized his flaw, the audience will fear for the outcome. In Antigone, Creon is the tragic hero of the play.
. Tough everyone thinks Creon is wrong to punish Antigone, he is stil...

Posted by: Novelett Roberts

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