Antigone: Creon's Decisions And His Downfall
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Throughout our lives we make many choices and decisions which consequently shape our futures. Throughout the course of life there are many choices to be made, which are both big and small. If accidentally we make a wrong choice, we immediately influence the outcome of our lives. Sometimes we ....
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.... which bring about his downfall. Due to these decisions, he is known as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is described as a person of high or noble birth, who is virtuous but not overly just, and through some tragic flaw brings about their own destruction and gains wisdom through suffering.
In order to be a tragic hero, you must first of all be of high birth. Creon was the brother of the Queen, and later went on to rule Thebes. After Oedipus was banished from Thebes the Kingship of th ....
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