Question

LOTS OF POINTS Write one paragraph about Creon being guilty of hubris. (from the play Antigone)

Answer 1

It is easy to spot Antigone’s flaw in the character of an antagonist one believes to be dead wrong. Her hubris is self-centeredness, but it is a subtle flaw. She has indeed discovered a great truth.

Her story reminds us, however, of how difficult it is to recognize hubris in our heroes or in ourselves. Upon the discovery of a certain truth, there is a great temptation to believe one has access to all truth. To say it in traditional religious terms, it is a weakness of human beings to believe that, once they have access to one of God’s truths, they know the full mind of God.

Creon is also guilty of hubris, the same kind of self-certainty. The difference between them is that Creon is able to see his error.