The Tragedy of AntigoneIn the story of Antigone, Oedipus is already dead, together with his two sons. Polyneices and Eteocles, left to compete for the throne of Thebes. In their contest for the throne, the two brothers kill each other, leaving Creon once again as interim regent of Thebes. With this power, Creon declares that Polyneices must be left to rot on the battlefield, the greatest misfortune for any Greek. Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, remains torn between the family state and, in the end, chooses the family over the state. Ignoring Creon's edict at great risk to herself, Antigone ventures to bury Polyneices' body and thus begins her adventure. Antigone is truly a tragic hero, marked by her status as the son of Oedipus and her proud and perhaps arrogant characteristics that will lead to her final, inevitable, tragic end. At the beginning of her tale, Antigone is the daughter of a king, but above all the daughter of a horrible tragedy: through an unwitting horror story, her father, Oedipus, was also her brother, since Oedipus had already been married with his mother. she killed herself after finding out the truth. Before his death, Oedipus had blinded himself, worsening the tragedy. However, the tragedy of Antigone was still unfolding. Through her proud and implacable character, Antigone is determined to give her brother a proper burial, despite Creon's edict. Antigone initially seeks help from her sister Ismene, but when she realizes the fear and submissive attitude Ismene possesses, Antigone ignores it as if even an option, another example perhaps of Antigone's tragic flaw, her own arrogance. As the tale continues, Antigone actually buries her brother, but is captured by Creon. In doing so, however, she wins the… center of the card… ways are not maintained, and we will indeed be wiser for knowing her story. The story of Antigone was a classic Greek tragedy: a continuation of the immense tragedy that had already struck the house of Oedipus. Furthermore, Antigone herself was definitely a tragic hero, meeting every requirement and marked by all the characteristics of a tragic hero. Despite his failures and downfall, the justice of the human spirit ultimately shines through, marking the story as a true tragedy: Creon is defeated by his own actions, and Antigone's tragic death marks the beginning of that defeat. Quoting directly from the notes on classical tragedy, "The tragedy has a satisfying and redemptive ending because the events in the tragedy are so well arranged that we would not want the play to end any other way; we accept the conclusion." Antigone truly meets this requirement as a tragic work.