n or profit from the wisdom of his son or any others. This pride is also shown in the same conversation between him and his son. Haemon declares, The whole city of Thebes denies it, to a man; (820) this is dealing with what the city has said about Creon wanting to kill Antigone, but Creon lashes out by saying, And is Thebes about to tell me how to rule?.......The city is the kings - thats the law. (Lines 821-825). Creons major tragic flaw is his hubris, and unknowing to him, it brings about his demise.Thirdly, for Creon to be a tragic hero, he must have a flaw that brings about his own doom as well as that of others. This character flaw is where Creon stakes claim to his title of the tragic hero. Clearly, Creons pride was his downfall and his major flaw, and it is this pride, which will bring the ruins of his family. Creons pride blinds him from doing what is right and burying Polyneices, this is seen in his speech with Teiresias, when he claims, Youll never bury that body in the grave, not even if Zeus eagles rip the corpse and wing their rotten pickings off to the throne of god! Never, not even in fear of such defilement will I tolerate his burial, that traitor. (Lines 1152-1157)Creons excessive pride and arrogance in this speech are in full force, because Creon is putting himself on the same level of the gods, basically saying that no human or god is going to stop him from doing what he thinks he should do. Creon, in his mind, is the final decision maker, he is the ruler of himself and the country. The profit Teiresias predicts on Creons future because of his horrid deeds by saying, ...before you have surrendered, one born of your own loins, your own flesh and blood, a corpse for corpse given in return. (Lines 1184-1186). Creon, faced with his true prophecy, refuses to yield on his word and actions. Because of his hubris, the prophecy is true and his son Haemon kills himsel...
