In Sophocles’ play, Antigone, two main characters with strong personalities emerge: Antigone and Creon. In the beginning of the play, Antigone’s brothers Polyneices and Eteocles have been slain by each other’s swords in battle. Creon, the king of Thebes, has made a decree stating that Eteocles shall be given an honorable burial for his service to the city, while Polyneices will be given no burial because he is considered a traitor the city …showed first 75 words of 983 total…

…showed last 75 words of 983 total…the sword on himself. Stubbornness of the characters Antigone and Creon led to tragedy for each of them. Although Antigone and Creon have conflicting points of view in Sophocles’ play, Antigone, both are remarkably similar in their personality traits. Ironically, they are both so similar that they cannot see it. Flaws that they share make neither of them willing to listen to the other, which is what eventually leads to the tragic ending in Antigone.