Ethos Pathos And Logos In Antigone Essay

In the story, Antigone by Sophocles’, Haemon uses Ethos, Logos, and Pathos to convince Creon to change his mind about letting Antigone die and letting her free. At the very beginning of the story Haemon is seen using Logos. Haemon wants to show Creon that ‘Is this what the gods would do, OUR gods?’ Haemon wants to show Creon that he is being unreasonable, without being too negative. “Father, only the gods endow a man with reason” Haemon is saying that Creon has no reason here. After this small passage is read, it is seen that Haemon is trying to be friendly and reasonable, without getting on his father’s nerves. After the first passage, Haemon begins to say harsh, but truthful things about how Creon is being harsh and cruel. “Of course it’s not for you…the man in the street, you know, dreads you glance.” Haemon is saying here that ‘You know your people do this, because you are a bad leader.’ It is seen here to be the first imagery After that quote, it continues to say “…But it’s for …show more content…
“What a medal of honor brighter to his children than a father’s growing glory?” Haemon is saying here that Creon puts himself before his children, and is selfish for doing so. “Or a child’s to his proud father?” Here Haemon is claiming that his pride and glory doesn’t matter in the eyes of Creon, just his own. In lines 35-42 we can see a mix of Logo’s and Ethos. “You’ve seen trees by a raging winter torrent, how many sway with the flood and salvage every twig…” First it’s showing Logo’s, it’s logical that this would happen, but then Haemon says his next line which is a rather mix. “…but not the stubborn-they’re ripped out, roots and all.” Here Haemon is talking about Creon, relating him to a stubborn root. It’s logical because Creon is clearly being stubborn, but it is also ethos because Haemon is showing his ethics and reason. The same applies for the rest of the lines, just a different