Superheroes Are Not Human

Today, when the word hero is brought up, images of Superman, Batman, superpowers much(prenominal) as super strength, brain control, and super speed issue forth to mind. All of those ar stale skills and qualities. We expect superheroes to be steady-going and save the day. We expect them to be perfect and neer multitude up. We expect the same by of our leaders in our inn in our everyday lives. However, a tragic hero is a theatrical role who has a congeal of power and an outstanding fault that leads themselves to their own demise. That fatal symptomatic is usually the most piece thing about them. This character is normally wizard that acts on his or her emotions, which enables them to fall without exactly time to stop the repercussions of their actions. In the play Antigone by Sophocles and the newfangled Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, we see two renowned falls by the characters Creon and Okonkwo. Creon finally falls because of his arrogance and swelled head; wh ereas Okonkwo falls because of the fear of determination up like his father, a weak and disrespected man. \nStubbornness and preen are what sends Creon to his demise. We see Creons downfall begin when he denies the burial of Polynecies and Antigone goes against Creons law. Creon demands that Antigone is puzzle to death, acting irrationally and just out of emotion. Creon feels that all should result the rules set forth by him, even if other effects, be it moral or religious, declare otherwise. In this case, it is Antigones belief that the dead will never truly rest is they do not receive a proper burial, and Antigone wants that for her brother. But, Creon believes that no one should disobey his law, even if his laws are morally incorrect. By sentencing Antigone, his niece and soon-to-be wife to his male child Haemon, Creon loses everything important to him, indeed sparking his tragic fall. His own son killed himself because of the murder that his father has done. eventide though Antigone killed herself, its because of the actio...