People of authority are frequently confronted with problems in which a choice between family and government must be made. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Creon is in such a position. He, as king mandated a law that was disregarded by his own niece. He made the choice to seize Antigone, which was not a wise decision. For that mistake and what he suffered, Creon is a tragic hero. Creon possesses all the characteristics that …showed first 75 words of 813 total…

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