Considering Haemon is Creon’s son, the betrayal of killing Antigone surely affected Haemon greatly. After a big fight with Creon, Haemon takes a sword and plunges it into his body. "Oh my child—what have you done? what seized you, what insanity? what disaster drove you mad?…
He wanted to break the father and son bond they once had by “drawing his double-hilted sword. As his father ran to escape him, Haemon failed to strike him, and the poor wretch in anger at himself leaned on his sword and drove it halfway in, into his ribs” (Sophocles 1595). Haemon was incomplete without Antigone that he couldn’t stand being apart from her, so he had to take his life. Creon was in distraught about his son killing…
Haemon comes in and tells his father he will accept his ruling, due to the long authority Creon has over him. Haemon refers to him as his "good advisor" and will follow any path Creon sees best for him. This pleases Creon because as he sees it, his "word is law in all things." He goes on ranting on the importance of a good son and advises him to forget Antigone. Creon tells Haemon she has gone against his rules and he does not want his people to see him break his word.…
These two had very different opinions on what punishment Antigone should receive and this leads to a very heated argument and that plays a large part Creon’s downfall. When Creon decides Antigone will die and Haemon comes to see him things start out fairly civil, with Heamon telling his father he supports him in his decisions and he’ll “not consider any marriage a greater benefit than your fine leadership” (p. 278) but after Creon explains why he must kill Antigone, Haemon starts to gently disagree. Creon becomes angry at this, possibly because he knows his son is right, and tells him that young men…
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…
During Antigone, Haemon tries to tell Creon that killing Antigone wouldn’t do any good; He says to Creon “ Then she must die. But her death will cause another” (1092). Haemon presents his concerns very gently yet firmly to his father, telling him that “In flood time you can see how some trees bend, And because they bend, even their twigs are safe, while stubborn trees are torn up, roots and all” (1091). Creon is too far gone to listen to reason; he thinks everyone is out to destroy him, even his own son. Haemon’s pride leads him to reject his father’s authority out of anger and love for…
As the great Martin Luther King, Jr. once said “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sophocles both had the same idea of selfishness causing destruction Sophocles just wrote a play displaying that idea instead of saying it. In Antigone the famous play written by Sophocles, Antigone and her sister Ismene also Oedipus’s children decide to return to Thebes with the intention of helping their brothers, Eteocles and Polynices to avoid the fate that displays they will kill each other in a battle for the throne of Thebes. But upon her arrival in Thebes, Antigone learns that both of her brothers are dead. Eteocles has been given an…
Thesias is saying that the gods will take the life of Haemon since Creon put Antigone in a cave to either kill herself or starve to death and left Polynices unburied not letting the gods of death have the body. It takes Creon some more convincing before he lets go of his power and will listen to the prophets advise. There are many contributing facts to the tragic ending of the play Antigone. Loyalty and power both play an important role.…
Antigone In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the main character, Antigone, disobeys the orders of the king, Creon. Out of loyalty, she attempts to bury her brother, Polyneices, because Creon has declared that he will be left in the fields with no honorable services. Throughout the play, Antigone follows her moral beliefs in order to show her loyalty to her family and the gods, while appealing to other characters’ emotions.…
The play Antigone is intended to portray that morality is more important than the law. In order to demonstrate this, Sophocles presents a situation in which a woman is willing to go to the extremes, even facing death, in order to fight for what she believes is right. The play struggles with the idea of right versus wrong, the characters are forced to make decisions based on their conscience even if it does not coincide with the law. The purpose of laws is to set a standard of conduct for the population to follow; usually these laws are for the good of the citizens who are living in the country.…
“Here comes Haemon, your only living son.” says the Chorus Leader. (710-711) Haemon is saying that he is giving his all to his father Creon, and that he would never fail him or do him any ill will. But that would soon change after Creon's hatred decision towards Antigone. Ultimately these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by sending his sons, soon to be bride, Antigone to her death and the character interactions advanced the plot and developed the theme by sending his son's bride, Antigone, to rot in a cave.…
The Destruction Of Arrogance “ A city which belongs to just one man is no true city ” ( Line 839 ) Creon rules his kingdom in the eyes of what he finds just; a city based on man’s law. Haemon introduces ideas that significantly clash with Creon’s ideas. These conflicts cause various traits to be revealed in Creon’s character: His being, feeling reviled, his inability to adapt, and the showing of his arrogance.…
Every person has a moral obligation between separating what the state says and what they believe. The battle between the state and the individual can cause some controversy such as the topic of censorship. Some wonder if it is right that the government or a big company can obstruct books, news, movies,etc. An abundance of power should not be given to one person, but instead to the people with a voice. The opinions and beliefs of an individual should not be obstructed or it can be detrimental to the society.…
As Antigone is incarcerated, Creon tries to undo what he has done as it is prophesied later that he will lose everything in the end. When his conscious finally tries to do what’s right, a messenger comes in with news of Antigone’s death. Creon’s son, Haemon, who was also Antigone’s fiancé, finds her dead and wails at his loss. He then proceeds to kill himself, as he could not live without Antigone. It is also known that Creon’s wife, had gone back to her room where she killed herself.…
Haemon is outraged when he hears Creon has sentenced Antigone, his fiance, to death. Haemon proposes that he spare Antigone so that he can still marry her. Creon, however, thinks that Haemon should not have anything to do with her. Creon says, “Have nothing to do with her. If she needs a husband, let Hades find her one- for of this you can be certain: I won’t be making a liar of myself in front of the city.…