Would the Real Hero or Heroine Please Stand Up Throughout the past both Antigone and Creon ,both characters in Sophocles' Antigone, have been considered heroes/heroines by different literary scholars. In preparation for this paper I looked up "hero" on "Dictionary.com". Both hero and heroine have the same meaning with the latter referring to females and the former referring to males. The three definitions I determined to be the most relevant are as follows: "…showed first 75 words of 778 total…

…showed last 75 words of 778 total…clear hero. While Creon does show partial characteristics of heroism by being the focus of the majority of the plot, he is not praised or admired for any of his characteristics, which become apparent during the play. That honor is left to the true heroine of the story, Antigone. Through the consideration of the requirements of heroism Antigone has been shown to be the uncontested heroine of the story which bears her name. Word Count: 786