In Sophocles’ play, Antigone, Haimon uses metaphor to express the idea to his father Creon, that men that are stubborn and are not flexible in their mind will eventually face their downfall. After knowing Creon is going to execute Antigone because of her disobedience, Haimon suggests that, “It is not reason never to yield to reason! In flood times 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… The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach” (3.80-90). Haimon uses metaphor to illustrate Creon as a tree, which claims that if a man does not learn how to bend to fit, he will end up like the “stubborn tree” that all roots are torn up. Same situation
