https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2019-03-20 15:26:50 UTC 2019-03-20 15:47:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png teststudent121 https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t/wish/343388599 The first characteristic of a tragic hero is that he is high-born. Creon, as the king, is high-born, which makes him a tragic hero. When he appears onstage for the first time, he introduces himself as “next in kin” to the dead kings: Laius, Oedipus, and the sons of Oedipus (192). He proclaims, “I now possess the throne and all its powers” (193). 

]]> 2019-03-20 15:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t/wish/343388599 teststudent121 https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t/wish/343392710 This line proves that, as the last man alive in the family, Creon is the only person who has a right to the throne in Thebes. By saying "I now possess the throne," Creon doesn't claim the throne but states a truth: the power has fallen to him. This is important because all tragic heroes fall from a place of power or recognition, and as a new king, Creon has the most to lose of all the characters in the play. ]]> 2019-03-20 15:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t/wish/343392710 https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t/wish/343397225 This line proves that, since all the heirs to the throne are dead Creon is the last man alive in the royal family which gives him the right to the throne. This is important because, he is now in the position to fall from a place of high power, which is an important characteristic of a tragic hero. ]]> 2019-03-20 15:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t/wish/343397225 https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t/wish/343397535 This line proves that the crown fell into his hands and this is important because the kingdom needs him if they want to prosper]]> 2019-03-20 15:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t/wish/343397535 https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t/wish/343398622 this line proves that Creon wants the power and the way he phrases the sentence "I now posses the throne" he sounds like he is claiming the thro]]> 2019-03-20 15:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/teststudent121/95gzbsbjn47t/wish/343398622