Antigone Research Paper

Creon’s son Haemon does not want his wife to be to be put to death and pleads with his father. “ I see my father offending justice wrong. That she’ll die but her death will kill another.”(1287) Haemon reveals to the his father that if he continues with killing his wife to be he will flee his presence and kill himself for his love Antigone. In the end Creon realizes that his pride has lead to the destruction of his life and his kingdom. “ I know it myself- I’m shaken, torn. It’s a dreadful thing to yield…but resist now? Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin? That’s dreadful too.” (1296) King Creon realizes to little to late and because of his pride he loses his son, wife, and daughter in law. “And the guilt is all mine- can never be fixed on another man, no escape for me.

Full of drama and tragedy, Antigone can be used to relate to current conflicts. One such conflict is that between Haemon and his father Creon. Haemon looks up to Creon with honor and pride, but as conflict arises, that relation is disassociated and new feelings grow. The first conversation between them is what initiates the downfall of their bond. While it seems that Creon is the most important person in Haemon’s life, Antigone is in fact the one that has won Haemon over.

Haemon shows his love to Antigone by revolting his father 's authority and committing suicide. Haemon is the son of Creon and Eurydice and is engaged to Antigone. He always respects and obeys Creon, taking Creon for a model. However, the decree of killing Antigone causes his violent controversy with his father because he is afraid of losing his fiancé—Antigone. Haemon defends the moral behavior of Antigone and reasons with Creon to change

of Creon’s cruelty, he lost his loved ones and all of his respect, because it was only

We read that Creon has issued a law that if anyone buries the body of Polyneices they will be sentenced to death. Antigone plans to bury her brother regardless of the law set into place. She is going to try and do it in secrecy and to avoid detection. She asks her sister, Ismene, to join her in the burial, but she refuses. At this point in the play the you realize the fear setting in. Ismene believes

By doing so Haemon hopes to help his father realize his mistake.- Throughout his argument Haemon uses strong sources and his father's insecurities to build his argument. These sources include the people of Thebes “But I, at any rate, can listen; and I have heard them Muttering and whispering in the dark about this girl” (Sophocles line 11-12). By using these sources Haemon emotionally manipulates his father by using his insincerities against him. He uses logical reason to support his claim and also uses personal examples “What could be closer? Must not any son value his father’s fortune as his father does his?” (Sophocles line 21-22). Haemon is showing that he has a personal stake in the matter and that he is in a way trying to protect his father and his bride. Adding on to his emotional appeals haemon uses parallelism to repeatedly grab creon’s attention and get his point across. The entire point of his argument is for creon to admit the he was in the wrong for going against divine law and punishing antigone. Haemon's statement supports his main cause for setting his bride to be, antigone, free. The details and emotional appeals are meant to impress upon creon that this is a problem worth

The opening events of the play Antigone, written by Sophocles, quickly establish the central conflict between Antigone and Creon. Creon has decreed that the traitor Polynices, who tried to burn down the temple of gods in Thebes, must not be given proper burial. Antigone is the only one who will speak against this decree and insists on the sacredness of family and a symbolic burial for her brother. Whereas Antigone sees no validity in a law that disregards the duty family members owe one another, Creon's point of view is exactly opposite. He has no use for anyone who places private ties above the common good, as he proclaims firmly to the Chorus and the audience as he revels in his victory over Polynices. He sees Polynices as an enemy to

Creon is the king of Thebes , he has a son named Haemon. Haemon is engaged to Antigone , the woman Creon plans on killing because she disobeyed Creon’s rule and buried her brother

Haemon is one of the characters that help develop Creon as a tragic hero. By Haemon trying to get his father not to kill Antigone by tell Creon that the city think what Antigone was doing was a good thing and the city believes that Antigone brother shoulder of been buried from the start. On lines 785 Haemon tells Creon that “But in the darkness I can hear them talk the city is upset about the girl”. So Haemon just comes out and tell Creon that I've heard people talking and they don't like what you're doing they think that you should not kill her and bury her brother. At the end is when Haemon makes Creon a tragic hero by killing himself. On lines 1176 the messenger is expands to Creon wife what happened to Heamon “Angry at himself, the ill-fated

Throughout life you always have your family to share the smiles, the tantrums, the unseen moments, and tears. As we make it through to adulthood, we all secure those special bonds that we have with our family, but obeying the law has been embedded into our minds since a young age so which is more important? The book, Antigone is a greek-mythology tragedy play written by Sophocles about a curse put onto a man named Oedipus where he is destined to kill his father, marry his mother, and bring unfortunates to his city. Antigone, the main character is the result of an incest marriage between Oedipus and his mother Jocasta, the play begins with Antigone attempting to convince her sister to bury her brother, Polyneices’ body, going

Antigone resolves to bury Polyneices; Creon decides to execute her; Creon refuses to listen to the voice of the Chorus pleading her liberation; Antigone commits self immolation; Haemon-Antigone's fiance and Creon’s son-killed himself out of grief; Eurydice-Creon’s wife and Haemon’s mother-commits suicide out of grief. Consequently, Creon remained amongst rubble and grief. One person’s action becomes a catalyst in a chain of reactions that can light a fire into the world, whether they be positive or negative. So, I, as an individual, cannot create such a tunnel vision for my decisions and future that I neglect others in my life-friends, family, and peers-who are sucked into the consequences of that

He then states he (Creon) alone can’t be right and “other men who can reason, too; and their opinions might be helpful. You are not in a position to know everything” (Sophocles 218). By jogging Creon’s memory that he can’t have an overview of everything, Haemon is endeavoring to help Creon reason and to be open mind. In haemon’s next assertion he describes how, “she kept him from dogs and vultures. Is this a crime? Death- she should have all the honor that we can give her!” this tells the readers that if she would have died it would be unjust to die in shame for what was an act of glory, justice and that she should deserve a crown of gold and glory(218). At the end Haemon uses a plan to make threats against his father, after his father says Antigone must die, Haemon responded with an ultimatum answer “then she must die, but her death will cause another” (222). As Haemon dashing off in anger, Creon knows that if Antigone were to be executed, so will his son. Having no choose but Creon didn’t want Haemon to save Antigone so he carried Antigone into a living tomb (the cave) all locked up and supplied her with food just enough food to clear of its guilt of

Nevertheless, her existence in itself is looked down and cursed by the gods and as if fate had called for it, she kills herself to appease her stubborn and prideful nature. Her emotions fuel her decisions and before Creon can even begin to regret his own decisions and come to release her, she is dead along with the majority of his loved ones.

Then, Antigone’s “supposed-to-be” husband, Haemon, also displayed catharsis in Antigone. Haemon, son of King Creon, was introduced into the play like no other character. He was neither proud or fearful. Instead, he expressed true care and concern toward his father. However, when Creon threatened to kill Antigone, Haemon said, “Then she must die. But her death will cause another,” (Sophocles 719). Haemon retaliated to a stressful situation by putting his own life at risk as well. He hoped that his father would then be pressured to not kill Antigone so his own son wouldn’t die as well. He also tried to relieve his father from the situation by making the decision of what to do with his prisoner for him. However, Creon disregarded this and planned to kill Antigone anyways. Although, as stated previously, Antigone hastened her fate and Haemon blamed Creon for her doing. Haemon then fulfills his word when with his own knife, “Against himself, he drove it half its length into his own side, and fell. And as he did he gathered Antigone close in his arms,”(Sophocles 735). Haemon tried to reach peace between his two loves. Although he realized his father was not full of love, his dead fiance was. Haemon then must have decided to “live” with his true love and not with his spiteful father. Overall, Haemon was trapped in a very conflicting situation and its outcomes, and his only way out of its hecticness in order to achieve catharsis was through his own tragic death.

Antigone is blamed for the death of Haemon and Eurydice. Antigone hung herself on the way to her burial. Haemon is engaged to Antigone. At first, Haemon claims that he will always make Creon’s governorship a priority than the marriage. Haemon says “I’ll not consider/any marriage a greater benefit/than your fine leadership.” (l.722-24). Haemon then changes his mind to making Antigone more important. When Antigone died, Haemon tried to stab Creon for the trouble he caused, killing himself instead. A messengers states: