Antigone

Sophocles was one of the greatest known writers in his era. He wrote many plays, but he's known mainly for the seven plays that survived through so many centuries. Those plays are considered the most perfect achievements of ancient Athens. In other words, Sophocles was a pretty big deal back in the day, and is still extremely well known. One of the more popular of the seven plays was the play called Antigone. It's a heroic play that touches the hearts of anyone that reads it. Antigone goes through immeasurably amounts of pain and sorrow that makes you connect with her on a level that most authors fail to achieve while writing a play. Sophocles gives her incredible strength, courage, and bravery that stays with her throughout the entire play through the very end. Antigone fights for what she believes in. She stands up to her evil uncle, Creon, despite his threats of death he threw upon her at the very beginning. Creon was no supposed to ever be king, but since the death of his brother Oedipus, and his two nephews, he was next in line to the thrown. He was a ruthless, greedy, power-craving man. He would stop at absolutely nothing until he had his way. Antigone was the one person that has ever stood up to him, and he honestly didn't know how to act.
Antigone was a strong, independent woman, who didn't care about throwing away her engagement in order to give her the proper burial he deserved. I think Sophocles spent some extra time coming up with the character of Antigone, because she is truly something special.
After reading this story, one may notice that Creon has more lines than any other character in the play. So obviously the question comes to mind "then why is the title of the play Antigone instead of Creon?" Creon and Antigone are both considered tragic characters in the play. Creon thought he had it all. He really believed that the whole city would back him and support his decision to let Antigone rot and starve in a dark cave all by herself. Creon didn't realize that he would change his mind and admit that he was wrong. But by the time he did figure it out, it was way too late. Antigone had killed herself, Haimon killed himself in grief of Antigone, and Creon's wife Eurydice killed herself in grief of her dead son. Creon was left with nothing, and it was all his fault.
Antigone also went through many trials to have herself considered a tragic hero. She was willing to sacrifice her life so her deceased brother could have the burial he deserved. She endured the scorning of her evil uncle, and eventually faced death in a cave all alone. Although she wound up killing herself, we as readers all take notice of her extreme strength, and look up to her as someone who paid the ultimate price for something she strongly believed in.
Antigone had it tough. She was a woman who was punished for something they all believed a man would be guilty of doing. They paid hardly any attention to her gender and treated her like any other man would be treated. Even after begging, Creon wouldn't budge on the punishment he had set for Antigone. He didn't know how his decisions would affect him then, but he sure found out when it was too late to take it all back. He lost everything, his wife, his son, and his support from the city.