'Both Antigone and Creon deserve our sympathy'. Discuss.

... Elena Solaro 12E 'Both Antigone and Creon deserve our sympathy'. Discuss In his tragic play 'Antigone', Sophocles presents the audience with a variety of interesting protagonists. One of the main characters is Creon, regent of Thebes and brother in law of former king, Oedipus. Another important character is Oedipus' daughter/sister, and Creon's niece, Antigone. She is a character for whom the audience will undoubtedly have great sympathy, and even more so as her tragic fate unfolds over the course of the play. Indeed, the same could be said of Creon, although perhaps initially, we do not feel so well disposed towards him. However, the audience may have greatly mixed views on these characters as different events occur in the play, and as such we can neither completely condemn nor praise their actions. Antigone's traumatic background and troubled past induces pity within the audience right from the beginning of the play.

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