Character Analysis Of Haemon

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Haemon, to start off, is a character I would eliminate from the story because if you take him out then Eurydice would not have killed herself. The Messenger says to Creon “then with her dying breath she called down torments on your head- you killed her son.” The only person he affects is an insignificant character to play but also because of Haemon the wife died and Creon is in grief. Creon then realizes his error in his poor judgment towards Antigone but then he realizes it's too late because he lost Haemon and Eurydice.

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