According to Aristotle, the audience of Greek tragedy experiences a catharsis (i.e., a cleansing of emotions) from the pity and fear that it feels as it watches characters try to do the right thing but suffer terribly for their mistakes. Through the conflicts played out on stage, (e.g., between father and son, mother and daughter, brother and sister), tragedy becomes a way for the audience to process difficult emotions that are often suppressed in daily life. Our emotional response to the fate of the characters becomes a way for us to become the people that we want to be. Tragedy is, thus, therapeutic.
Examining Antigone and Kreon, explain which of the two characters deserves more sympathy and why. In your essay, you will need to make a case for the righteousness of one character over the other and use evidence from the play to support your rationale. This should be argued as a lawyer making a case for a defendant- do not use first person singular in this essay. Take an evidence based approach using the outline below to make your case.