Haemon Essays

Haemon In the end these conflicting reasons develop Creon as a tragic hero by showing his breakdown and the character interaction leading the plot to create the theme by keeping a climax in the story to make the story seem interesting and keep you all into it.Haemon’s words, behavior, and thought, converse with Creon’s character to the point of these two characters having clashing reasons make the of insanity, animosity, and discourtesy to be brought out within Creon’s character. Creon’s

similarities between Haemon and myself. In these paragraphs below I will describe the physicalities, the appearance, and the relationship he had with everyone. These will be how Haemon grew up, what his appearance was like, and the relationship he had with others around him. Haemon and myself share the same feelings about being positive and making other people happy. We like to see other people be happy and feel good and think positively more than negatively. I found comparing myself and Haemon from Antigone

Lexi Nguyen Mr. Palko Period 8 27 October 2022 Haemons Speech In Antigone, Haemon uses figurative language and appeals to pride to argue that Creon must be a good leader and learn to take criticism by other people, encouraging Creon to forgive Antigone and let her be free. In Antigone, Haemon uses Figurative language to argue that a good leader can take others' criticism. In his speech to his father in the palace he argues that a leader can listen to the citizens' opinions, in order to make a

Polyneices would be put to death. Antigone disobeys the law, and Creon punishes her even after he realizes it was wrong. Creon wants his people to be afraid of him and respect him. If Antigone honors Creon’s law she will stay alive and be married to Haemon. Antigone will not be dead if she obeys Creon’s law. Creon says, “He who disobeys in any detail shall be put to death by public stoning in the streets of Thebes” (lines 36-37). Creon says this to show he is stern and means what he says. Antigone

YOUR TITLE GOES HERE “A city which belongs to just one man is no true city,” (Lines 812,813) Haemon informs Creon, his father, to show that he cannot run a city without the ideas and opinions of others. There are many different ways to view this play and many different people visualize it in a different way, but in the play Antigone the themes Love and Betrayal are used carefully together to create Creon’s tragic hero. The events that occurred initially exposed Creon’s selfishness, megalomania

stabs himself upon witnessing Antigone’s limp frame hanging from the grim snake, revealing that, unwavering loyalty is a quality that disallows one to think straight. When Creon retorts, questioning Haemon’s respect toward his executive authority, Haemon answers, “What sort of respect tramples on all that is holy?” (146). This represents Haemon’s disagreement with Creon’s treatment toward Antigone because he thinks that justice is decided by the gods in heaven, not Creon. The prince believes that

yet Antigone will have none of it. Creon arranges that the two ladies be briefly bolted up. Haemon, Creon 's child and Antigone 's fiancé, enters to vow steadfastness to his father. He at first appears to obey Creon, yet when Haemon tenderly tries to influence his father to extra Antigone, the examination disintegrates and the two men are soon severely offending each other. Haemon leaves, vowing never to see

she follows the god's laws, but breaks Creon’s laws in the midst of it. Creon is also aware of the burial rites but still decides, through his stubbornness, that Polynices shall not be performed these rites, because of his actions against Thebes. Haemon, Creon’s son, knew that his father’s decisions are not in the best interest for Thebes, so he tries sharing his perspective in the most respectful way, but ends up failing to get through to him. Sophocles portrays Antigone’s ambition, Creon’s stubbornness

Antigone is the play by Sophocles. It opens with the deaths of Antigone’s two brothers, Polynices and Eteocles. Creon, the new ruler of Thebes, doesn’t allow Polynices to be buried on the ground because Polynices attacks his own city. Antigone thinks burying her brother is her duty, so she violates Creon’s decree and throws some dusts on her brother’s corpse. Creon is offended by her behavior and gives an order that is locking Antigone into a cave with a little food. When Antigone’s fiancé, the son

one I believe I portray the most is Haemon, Antigone's fiance. In this play Haemon is seen as faithful, loyal, and a man who stands up for what he believes in. To demonstrate such, Antigone, his soon to be wed, is already set to be exiled by his most fearful father, King Creon. Rather than just accepting the fact that his love is being given the death penalty and scout for a new, he decides to argue with the higher authority, and beg for her life. Right here, Haemon exhibits that even when it will come

Creon’s insufferable and ignorant ruling, causing her to suffer at Creon’s hand. Creon’s ruling for the murder of Antigone also causes Haemon to suffer. Creon finds Haemon, in his last moments, mourning the loss of Antigone, “now among the dead, his father’s work,” as described by the messenger in line 1364. The messenger goes on to say,in lines 1371 to 1380, that Haemon first swings towards his father with a dagger, then pitifully and fatally stabs himself. The messenger agrees that Creon’s inability

suicide by the time Creon arrived. She hanged herself with her veil which is similar to how Jocasta, her mother, died. Haemon was weeping beside her and upon Creon's arrival, Haemon was close to killing him. Creon would have died if Haemon didn’t change his mind and killed himself instead. Now Creon was responsible for the death of Antigone which caused the death of Creon's only son, Haemon. Eurydice, Creon's wife, and Haemon's son heard of the news from the messenger, and she decided to end her life by

his family because he was unable to see his responsibility towards his family. Antigone, King Creon’s niece and king of Thebes, was sent to death for giving her brother an honest burial against King Creon’s wishes. Haemon disagreed with this ruling, and King Creon was set on teaching Haemon, King Creon’s son as well as Antigone’s fiance, a lesson about obedience. Creon stated that “He whom the State appoints must be obeyed / To the smallest matter, be it right - or wrong.” King Creon is saying that

king because it is a duty he must keep. Creon’s son, Haemon, rebelled because of the punishment Creon gave to Antigone. Antigone was supposed to be his future wife but that was not the reason he defended her. He stands up to his father because he felt like what he was doing was too harsh. At first, Haemon sided with his father about Antigone’s punishment and Creon said, “that’s what a man prays for: to produce good sons” (Sophocles 716) but Haemon did not side with him after all. Even the people knew

gods by not only refusing burial rights to his nephew but also punishing his niece Antigone for burying him anyway. Creon does not fall from power, he fell from his ivory tower, he come back into the era of reality. As Creon did not listen to his son Haemon, the people of Thebes, and also the prophet Teiresias’s order of which to save Antigone, Creon brought forth upon himself his own downfall due to his pride and ignorance to others. These tragic flaws are present in tragic heroes. Even though the name

Creon explains that his harsh punishment is just, as the law must be followed always, especially when dealing with a woman (107). Haemon and Creon disagree about Antigone’s punishment and while their argument started civil, it devolves into a verbal dispute, with Creon saying that his son is fighting the woman’s battle (108). This is meant to insult Haemon and imply he isn’t fighting for any moral reason, but instead because he cares about a woman. Creon also accuses his son of being a plaything

and the other guards had been threatened under false accusations, or Antigone whose main purpose in the story was to cause to incite conflict by defying Creon’s laws. The worst example of his ignorance to other’s opinions was when Creon’s own son Haemon one of the few people who would be in his favor, enraged Creon into a blind fury simply by stating that he disagreed with his choice in “No, not when I see you making a mistake and being unjust” (Sophocles,847/848). Unfortunately for all involved

The play, Antigone, is a tragedy written by the Greek poet Sophocles. A common theme among tragedies is that they have a tragic hero, and Antigone is no different. The tragic hero of this poem is Creon, the King of Thebes. Creon is faced with the difficult task of punishing his niece, Antigone. She has broken one of his laws stating that no one is to give proper burial rites to Polyneices, Antigone’s brother, because he tried to overthrow Creon. Against the warning of others, Creon goes on with his

allowed to speak their minds, and forced to obey men and have zero power. Creon the king symbolizes the traditional view of male dominance; he is an example of a poor leader since he only follows what he believes in and ignores opinions from others. Haemon, the king's son, has a different perspective on his father's opinions, thinking his father is wrong and that women should have equal rights. Through the contrast of Haemon’s and Creon’s opinions, Sophocles suggests that women should not be discriminated

In the play Antigone, by Sophocles, the main character Creon goes through major character development as the story progresses. As King of Thebes, Creon establishes a series of decisions thought to be ethically correct for the city. However, many of his family members and townspeople disagree and revolt against his decrees and, as a result, leads to his downfall, making him a symbol of a tragic hero. One of those people is Antigone, the headstrong female protagonist who defies Creon’s orders in order