The play Antigone is a tragic story. It is a story of a stubborn king who who values his laws over that of the gods. Creon, the stubborn king, is the tragic hero of the story, opposite of the titular character Antigone. For his actions he loses all of his family. His son and his wife. His son not only acting as reason of his tragicness, but also as a foil for his unreasonableness, anger, and disrespect. Haemon serves as a foil for Creon's character by highlighting his unreasonableness, anger, and disrespect. Haemon, as opposed to his father, was understanding of the situation and understanding of him, exclamating his full respect for him. "Father, I’m yours. For me your judgments and the ways you act on them are good— I shall follow them. I’ll not consider any marriage a greater benefit than your fine leadership." (Line 720-724) Nonetheless, Creon was blinded by his anger. His undesirable traits were made extremely evident during his exchange with Haemon. Whilst Haemon maintained his calm demeanor, Creon …show more content…
They led him to his own demise, or rather, of his family whole. Haemon was directly involved in Creon’s creation as a tragic hero as he was his son, one of his losses. Creon out of fury tried to kill his father for Antigone’s death, but only killed himself. His death, consequently, also resulted in another death in the family, responsible of his status as tragic. His wife grief stricken from the news, commit suicide. Realizing his errors, Creon was left to grieve, alone. “Then take this foolish man away from here. I killed you, my son, without intending to, and you, as well, my wife. How useless I am now. I don’t know where to look or find support. Everything I touch goes wrong, and on my head fate climbs up with its overwhelming load.” (Line 1485-1890) A tragic hero he became, victim to his idleness that resulted in the death of Haemon, his