Haemon

Haemon, Creon, and Leader. Haemon enters, prepared to convince his dad. Creon: Haemon, you come to discuss the death sentence of Antigone, what’s the deal? Haemon: Dad, I am your son, and you are the wise guy I call my father, the King of Thebes. Creon: I very much am son, thank you. So you have become weak because of a woman you have a crush on? Do not fall for her! She will be the death of you. Let her find someone else. How can I uphold my law, if I let you run away with that awful…

If Aristotle were a judge in the dispute between Creon and Antigone his verdict would favor King Creon. He would favor King Creon for several different reasons based on his philosophical ideologies. Some of his ideologies that would support this reasoning would be the rule of a man over a woman, Creon being fit to rule and not fit to be ruled, and the goal of a city and an individual. Aristotle rejects the fundamental equality of all and believes that there are people who can be rulers, the…

judgements and the ways you act on them are good- I shall follow them.” (720-722) Haemon was trying to contrast with his father Creon. When Creon can not be contrasted with because, he is stubborn, disrespectful, and has a short temper. Which why these showed Creon as the tragic hero because he realized he was wrong and Antigone did not. He also lost all his family like Antigone but he realized it was his fault. Haemon tired to show his father he was wrong about his decision about Antigone.…

In Sophocles Antigone, Sophocles utilizes the characters of Antigone and Creon to create complex conflicts that reflect upon balance between familial duty, piety, and duty to the Polis. It is through these conflicts that the struggle between Antigone and Creon is manifested. King Creon’s harsh edict forces Antigone to reconcile her allegiance to her family and her familial duty with her alliance to the city-state and her place within society. Through this intrapersonal struggle Antigone decides…

over the human rule of law, whereas Creon enforces the law to a fault and loses sight of what is important. Despite Creon and Antigone holding diametrically opposed views, they are alike in their determination not to back down from their beliefs. Haemon attempts to remind Creon that he needs to listen to others sometimes,…

Haemon enters the king's chamber after the news of his fiance, Antigone’s admittance to the crime. Hearing of his future wife to be charged with death. He clearly is ruffled by having to hear this news all through the city, he begins with a cautionary line with the reference to heaven, and what gains your attention faster than that? His dialogue is a mixture of rational thinking, brashness and sound arguments meant to influence his father's plan. While in comparison, Creon the King is full of…

ANTIGONE, by Jean Anouilh, is a masterful version of Sophocles’ original tragedy; which delves deeply into the theme of responsibility and duty. Duty is something one is “obligated to do.” Responsibility is described as doing something one “feels is necessary,” as well as “having capacity for moral decisions and therefore accountable” (Webster’s Dictionary). The theme of responsibility and duty transcends the shallow meaning of the words themselves; it illustrates the internal driving force…

Sophocles, was a playwright about 2,500 years ago, who specialized in writing about Greek tragedies. In Sophocles’ plays, Oedipus Rex and Antigone, the main characters Oedipus and Creon, are both found in a position of power as the ruler of Thebes. Oedipus, who has been doomed by a prophecy, finds out that his wife is truly his mother and the person he killed on the roadway is really the King, and his father. Creon, who is Oedipus’ uncle, takes the throne after Oedipus leaves Thebes due to his…

Antigone, the protagonist and namesake of the play by Sophocles, is a courageous and ambitious character for unapologetically breaking laws of the city to do what she sees is right. Both of Antigone's brothers Eteocles and Polyneices have died in a war against each other, but only Eteocles is given a proper burial by the King. Antigone believes a burial is essential for someone to find peace after death, so she is reasonably upset. She decides that if no one else will do it, she will bury…

There are many various types of leaders in the world. One aspect that all leaders have is pride. How much pride the leader holds is up to him, and the more pride the leader holds the harder he falls. Sometimes this pride can lead a person to believe that only their own opinion matters and no one else’s. In Antigone, King Creon represents a leader with an excessive levelexcess levels of pride, which causes him to contradict himself. In the beginning of the play when Creon delivered his edict , he…