Creon as the main character of Antigone Throughout Sophocles' Greek play Antigone, there is a dispute over who should receive the designation of main character. Antigone, the daughter of the cursed king Oedipus, and Creon, the majestic king of Thebes, both appear as key figures in this historical work. I believe that Creon, king of Thebes, should be considered the main character of this work of Greek theater. Three points can be used to support this argument: Creon suffers greatly, learns a lesson, and is a tragic hero. Creon, like all major characters in Greek drama, suffers many losses and suffers emotional pain and anguish. Target of the curse on Oedipus' house by kinship, Creon was already a victim of fate. His fate has already been predetermined by the curse on Oedipus' house, so he will have to suffer suffering, death, or even both. He loses his future daughter-in-law, Antigone, resulting in her death, his son to suicide and also his wife to suicide. Antigone broke a decree of Creon: not to bury the traitor Polyneices. Polyneices' sister, she breaks this new law because she knows that to please the gods she must do the right thing and bury Polyneices. When she does, Creon sentences her to death by sealing her in a cave. After realizing he has made a critical mistake, he and his followers open the rock tomb to find that Antigone has taken her own life. Creon's son Haemon, Antigone's future husband, rushes into the cave in mourning. He attempts an attack on Creon, but fails to connect with his sword blow, and in anger and remorse kills himself with his weapon next to his dead love. Creon, overwhelmed by anguish, returns to the castle. But... middle of paper... the Gods attempted to escape their fate, but were never able to do so. Creon is struck by fate through the curse of Oedipus. The chorus reads: The stress of a destiny is hard; neither wealth, nor war, nor protection, nor black ships cleaving the sea can resist it, or escape. (35).Although the name of the play is Antigone, I believe that Creon should be recognized as the central character of this play. He lives longer, has more jokes, finds himself at the center of many moral arguments, and doesn't do a disappearing act in the middle of the show. Armed with this knowledge, perhaps a reader will read the play Antigone with a new perspective and look at the story from both points of view. Not by positioning Antigone as the "good" one and Creon as the "bad" one, but by thinking of the couple as good people fighting for the right in conflicting situations.