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After examining the play, Antigone, for tragic characters, it is seen that there could be many different possibilities. One character is clearly shown to be the tragic character though, and that is Antigone. She plays this role so great because ....

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... has a tragic flaw which is her arrogance, or the fact that she chooses to bury her brother, Polynices, even though the law prohibits it due to the fact that he is a traitor. Her downfall is her death which comes after she buries Polynices, she is caught and brought to Creon, whose is king and son Haimon is to marry her. He sentences her to be banished and locked away in a cave in which she hangs herself and later Haimon also kills himself. The tragedy of this play is that the main character, Antigone, dies all because she wanted to bury her brother but is banished and kills herself. The aspect of Antigone affects the play in an imp ...