Who is the most tragic character in Antigone

Antigone seems to do an honorable thing, but this will definitely lead to her death. This is the real tragedy with what Antigone is doing and she clearly knows this. Furthermore, the only family she has is not in support with what she is doing, which displays her loneliness.

Creon is blinded by his great power. He is despised by nearly all of the people towards the end of the novel. His tragedy is in the sense of losing everything even when he thought that he had everything, until the end. This starts with the quarrel with his son, Haimon.  Haimon states that “Father, I am your son…I will not sacrifice that for any marriage.” After this Creon rages on about Antigone but this rage shows Haimon the arrogance of his father. He says “I beg you…let your stubbornness die.” Haimon believes that Creon is too stubborn. For example, Creon did not listen to Haimon as he thought that he should not listen to anyone younger than him. “I am to be schooled by a boy?” Haimon highlights Creon’s stubbornness with this and for this reason, he sides against him.  

After this, Creon’s most trusted prophets, Teiresias, attempts to reason with Creon as well. This can be shown when Creon say’s “I have always listened to your advice.” After their conversation, Teiresias also turns against Creon. For example, Teiresias say’s “You are the fool, that it your sickness.”

Antigone had only two people left to care about, Haimon and her sister Ismene. She puts the love for her brother over them. At least Antigone was able to bury her brother and die in her fiancés arms, whereas Creon was left with nothing. His family died due to his actions and in the end, he was alone. He quickly loses the respect of his son, then shortly after his most trusted prophet and finally in the end, to nearly all the people in Thebes. He held the most power in the play but in the end, he lost everything. When Therisious says “You will not profit from any of this”, Creon only thought about money and power, but then realised the value of what he had lost at the end of the play.