Antigone There is still a great debate on who is, in fact, the true hero in Sophocles’ Antigone. Many hold that it must be Antigone, herself; after all, the play does bear her name. But in actuality, Creon, not Antigone, 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 …showed first 75 words of 554 total…

…showed last 75 words of 554 total…an even larger tragedy than before. Creon hurried to release Antigone, but was to late. Antigone had hung herself, and his son Haemon had also taken his own life. When Creon returned to the palace, he found his wife dead. Eurydice had killed herself when she learned of her son’s death. Thus if one must follow Aristotelian theory, the true tragic hero can only be Creon and not, as many continue to hold, Antigone.