![]() ![]() Instead, Hegel’s holds that tragic collisions arise from characters’ clash over different opinions. ![]() Hegel adds that these collisions do not arise owing to various characters’ evil or good actions. This philosopher notes that tragic collisions are the central elements within tragedies. The preceding realization brings us to another concept, namely, Hegel’s definition of tragedy. The conventional definition of a ‘tragic hero’ thus fails to accurately apply to either Creon or Antigone. Reverting to the issue of who between the 2 is a tragic hero, it is important to note that the reason for the duo’s demise has some moral and practical backing. The 2 characters’ fall from grace thus greatly affects Theban people. Antigone is a princess under is Creon’s foster daughter. The play’s 2 central characters, namely Creon and Antigone, are influential based on their respective social statuses. ![]() Their disgrace thus has a significant effect on their compatriots. In the traditional sense, a ‘tragic hero’ is a character who falls from grace to shame owing to the character’s inherent flaw of judgment. Based on the play’s events, it is thus not easy to definitively assign any character the label of ‘tragic hero’. All the characters seem to be motivated by the desire to achieve some commendable objective. Through Antigone play, Sophocles explores the ideas, motives, aspirations, utterances dispositions, and actions of different characters, thus allowing audiences to come to terms with the various characters. ![]()
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