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Antigone: A Tragic Hero

Title: Antigone: A Tragic Hero
Category: /Literature/Mythology
Details: Words: 950 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Antigone: A Tragic Hero
Heroes come in many forms. Some such as immense in size and strength as Hercules, some in the form of people that are shunned upon, such as Harriet Tubman, and some that are only valorous heroes to some, such as Kurt Cobain. These heroes have many characteristics that make people flock to their side and follow them without a thought of hesitation. In Sophocles' Antigone the hero is a women that believes in her heart …showed first 75 words of 950 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 950 total…can tell the role of a tragic hero is one that Antigone plays well. Although she dies at the end of this play, Antigone feels no regret in what she has done. She also shows that she is proud of the fact that she never denied burying her brother. One would infer that although of her death, Antigone died for what she believed. This is the utmost characteristic in the portrait of a tragic hero.

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