The Sophoclean Hero

The Sophoclean Hero Sophocles’ heroes are famous for their determination and single-minded perseverance, their privileging of the individual over the city or the community, and their force of character. Although Antigone gives her name to this play, Creon has by far the greater number of lines, and he is the one to suffer a tragic “reversal.” Discuss what makes each of them tragic figures, and how fully they correspond to other ancient Greek heroes we have seen in both epic and tragedy. You may also wish to address the question of how Antigone’s gender affects her role as a heroic figure.

Why Creon is a tragic hero because :

 - The way he became king is because Polynices and Etiocles killed each other in battle. Therefore; Creon was next in line for the throne after Etiocles.
 - He was also treated poorly by everyone. No one listened to him before he was king and still did not listen to him after he took the throne.