LRJ #2

An important image in Antigone is when Teiresias is talking to Creon. He Says, "I heard a strange voice among them; they were screaming with dire, feverish rage, that drowned their language in jargon; and i knew that they were reading each other with their talons murderously"(Fitzgerald 1012). This quote explains to Creon that if he keeps going on the path that he is going it will result in a feud and the death of family members. This quote also brings out the character of Teiresias as being a prophet.

In Antigone the characters fatal flaw was his stubbornness to admit that he was wrong. When Teiresias is talking to Creon, Creon says,"Whatever you say, you will not change my will" (838). This statement tells the reader that whatever Teiresias says that he will not accept it. This flaw eventually brings about the downfall of Creon. 

When Creon discovers his fatal flaw. At this point in the story his son and his wife are dead by his flaw. Antigone has also perished. Creon says,"Aaiii-mistakes made by a foolish mind,"(Sophocles 1406) This is Creon admitting to his mistakes and him realizing he should have done things differently.

Creon's Peripeteia starts when his son Haemon dies by suicide "Haemon had been killed. by no stranger shed his blood"(Sophocles 1303). Then he finds out his wife kills herself after the death of her beloved son. "Yout wife is dead --blood mother of that corpse slaughtered with a sword-- her wounds are very new, poor lady."(Sophocles 1425). This was when the messenger reveals to Creon that his wife had committed suicide. After these events Creon realizes his fatal flaws.

Catharsis happens at the end of the play. After all is said and done and all the deaths the corus conveys a feeling that sums up everything. "the most important part of true success is wissdom"(Sophocles 1348). this makes you pity Creon because his perception of success was wrong. He was always rejecting wisdom that people tried to give him when he should have been excepting it.   

In Antigone women were thought to be under men or inferior. An example of this was when Antigone was talking to Creon, he says,"No women's going to govern me"(Sophocles 600). this is creon blatantly disrespecting Antigone to her face by say a women won't be in a higher position than him while he's still alive.