Antigone Relationship Between Haemon And Creon

Good intentions sometimes leads us to the worst of pains. Creon -a royal king- falls into this category. From the play Antigone by Sophocles, Creon’s intentions clashes with his son, and in doing so reveals his fatal flaw and drives the story forward. Creon and his son, Haemon, have a complex relationship that shapes how they treat each other.You can see the basis of their relationship when Creon says “that’s how you’re heart should be resolved, to stand behind your father’s judgment on every issue” (line 25-28). As Haemon’s father, Creon believes that his son should take his side no matter what. It’s this bond and trust that the king has with Haemon that is tested against his own stubbornness. However, with most parent and child relationship, both people in the situation are their own person. This causes conflict when they have different opinions than each other, usually this can be solved smoothly but through Haemon and Creon’s argument, one of Creon’s …show more content…
Going on this journey, he is left with nothing. It is one of the traits of a tragic hero: a fatal flaw that leads to downfall. In Creon’s case it’s pride, we see the story progress because Creon has too much pride to change his ways. This is shown through his last argument with Theresias about saving Antigone, when he says “You can be sure you won’t change my mind to make yourself more rich.” (lines 1190-1193). This is significant because it proved his pride. Earlier when he was arguing with Haemon, he said that he wasn’t going to listen to him because he is young. Now, someone -that is older- told him the same points and Creon dismissed him, except now he doesn’t have a valid reason but the reason he had in the beginning: Creon thinks he’s always right. This is what causes the execution of Antigone, the argument with Haemon, the dismissal of Thersias and the suicides of Antigone, Haemon and