Pity for Creon

 The two main characters in the play, Antigone, are King Creon, and Oedipus' daughter, Antigone. Both could be considered tragic characters in this play because both experience a life changing obstacle and arouse pity and fear from readers through their journey. I believe Creon is more of a tragic character as well as a more relatable character to me. In the beginning of the play, he is a just ruler in the terms that he follows the laws put in place to keep the people of his nation safe. He does make some controversial mistakes throughout the course of the story, and in the end it costs him the lives of everyone he loves and ever cared for. He wanted to make things right and he had really changed as a person. He was willing to show this by releasing Antigone and letting her go free. But, he was too late. Due to the news of Antigone’s suicide, Haemon, Creon’s son, killed himself due to the fact that he could honestly not live without her. In response to Haemon’s death, Creon’s wife, Eurydice, killed herself too. This is where the pity comes in for Creon. With one mistake made in his ruling, his wife and son had killed themselves. His character went through a big change in self-realization of how he had lived. He wanted to make things right, but never got the chance.