克瑞翁:悲剧《安提戈涅》的中心人物

On the Central Character of the Tragedy Antigone: Creon

悲剧《安提戈涅》是古希腊悲剧作家索福克勒斯创作的"忒拜三部曲"中的第三部悲剧作品,故事情节和人物性格都上承《俄狄浦斯王》和《俄狄浦斯在科罗诺斯》,主要讲述俄狄浦斯的两个女儿回到忒拜城后的遭遇。一般认为,安提戈涅是悲剧《安提戈涅》的中心人物。然而与安提戈涅相比,克瑞翁既处于剧中人物矛盾关系网络的核心位置,又具有理性抗争的悲剧英雄的特点,应是这部悲剧的中心人物。

The tragedy Antigone written by Sophocles, who was a famous playwright of ancient Greece, was the third one of Thebes Trilogy. Both storyline and characters of this tragedy all follow King Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus, which mainly told a story about the experience of Oedipus＇ two daughters returning Thebes. It was generally accepted that Antigone was the central character of Antigone. However, compared with Antigone, Creon was not only the core of the contradictions among other characters in this tragedy, but also owned the characteristics of tragic heroes who reasonably fought against fate. So Creon should be the central character of the tragedy Antigone.