It is clear that Creon's tragic flaw was his pride, arrogance and beliefs of a leader that cause his downfall. His downfall began when he denied the burial of Polyneices and was firm when he condemned Antigone for her objection to his law. Creon represents the laws of the land and the divine ruler of society. He remains loyal in upholding his laws and trying to overpower the laws of the gods, until the end …
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…ther had done. Creon came to realize this when he says "My own blind heart has brought me from darkness to final darkness. Here you see the father murdering, the murdered son-and all my civic wisdom! (85). Haimon my son, so young, so young to die, I was the fool, not you; and you died for me" (90). This shows how fate and freewill affects Creon's decisions and the outcome of those decisions that brought his downfall.