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- Kreon as a Tragic Hero Kreon as a Tragic Hero In , both and Kreon could be considered the tragic hero of the play. A tragic hero, defined by A Dictionary of Literary, Dramatic and Cinematic Terms, is someone who suffers due to a tragic flaw, or hamartia. This ....

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.... showed Kreon’s hamartia and also caused the catastrophe was when he asked his son Haimon, who was engaged to marry , if he still loves his father. Haimon says he respects Kreon’s ruling, but he feels, in this case, that Kreon was wrong. Haimon asks his father to take his advice and not have executed, but, because of Kreon’s hybris, Kreon gets furious and makes the situation worse then it already was. He was way too proud to take advice from someone younger, and in his anger he decided to kill right away in front of Haimon’s eyes. “’Just understand: You don’t insult me and go off laughing. Bring her here! Let him see her. Kill her her ....