Antigone Summary

Whether it was out of love or just the selfishness in his heart, Creon tried to fix what he had done when he imprisoned his sons wife. Yet he was too late-she had killed herself at the thought of being trapped forever. It was not long before Haemon heard the news. It was in that moment all his anger toward his father bursted out and in an attempt to kill his father he missed. So he decided to take his own life.

When Creon learns in the middle of the éxodos that his last son, Haimon, and his wife, Eurydice (the queen), have both killed themselves, as well as his other son dying in battle just the day before, Creon wishes to no longer live because he does not think he can bare the pain of living with all of his family dead. Creon tries to get the Choragus

It was soon discovered what Antigone had done. Creon her to be executed and was imprisoned in a cave. Her fiancé, Haemon, son of Creon, begged his father to let her go. He finally agreed but he was too late, Antigone had hanged herself. Haemon was devastated that his love was dead, so he committed suicide. At the news, Creon's wife and Haemon’s mother, queen Eurydice, commits suicide fulfilling Creon’s fate of being responsible for his family’s death. Antigone lines 1335-1336 “From suffering that has been/ Decreed no man will ever find escape”.

He wasn’t understanding of others and by him leaving his son’s soon to be wife for dead cause Haemon to kill himself to be with his wife at last. Then once Haemon had died, the wife of Creon had killed herself to be off in the 2nd world with her

Creon becomes very angered and distraught and decides to bury Polynices and free Antigone. It was too late however, Antigone hung herself and Haemon in agony kiss himself as well. Once the news travels to his wife of their son’s death, she kiss herself too. Alone and guilt stricken Creon accepts responsibility for all the tragedy and prays for a quick death from the gods. The play ends with a warning that pride will be punished by the blows of fate

In the beginning of the play, Antigone chooses to obey her family, and bury Polyneices, even though burying her brother breaks Creon’s law. Antigone then pleads with her sister Iseme to help, and when she says no, Antigone replies, “‘That must be your excuse, I

In the beginning of the play, Antigone chooses to obey her family, and bury Polyneices, even though burying her brother breaks Creon’s law. Antigone then pleads with her sister Iseme to help, and when she says no, Antigone replies, “‘That must be your excuse, I

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

Now when the guards discovered that someone buried the body of Polyneices, the head sentry went to tell the king, whereupon Creon became enthralled with anger. He told the sentry that he judged him to be a bribed soldier and that he could not return unless he found the person who had buried the body or told of whom it was that had bribed him. After this the horrified sentry and his men brushed off the sacred burial dust from the body and kept watch from a distance to see if the rebel would return to bury the body. Sure enough, during a sandstorm Antigone was seen burying the body that she had cared for so well before. The guards grabbed her and she showed no fear. She did not try to evade her pursuers and she was brought before the king. The king first asked her if she had heard his proclamation concerning the burial of her brother. She blatantly told him that could not have helped hearing it. If she had denied hearing it, she may have escaped death, but she did not want to escape it, and she felt that she had done nothing wrong. She believed that her death would be of no importance, but that the death of her brother would

Reporters found out that there is a major connection between Antigone and Haemon and it’s not just a family connection. Reporter Issy White spotted Antigone and Haemon holding hands and cuddling together outside of Thebes on september 3. “I spotted Antigone’s mother's wedding ring on Antigone’s left hand” reports Issy White. Creon was spotted yelling at Haimon yesterday at the palace. The real question is was it over insest. When Haemon left the palace he was in tears, walking with his head down as his father, Creon, followed him to the door. A couple of days later, we found out that Antigone supposedly hung herself with a piece of clothing with hameon gutted in the side at her feet. Did they kill themselves or did Creon do it too them. Later

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.

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

Antigone says, “I will do my part,-and thine, if thou wilt not,-to a brother. False to him will I never be found,” as well as that it is wrong for her brother to have been left above ground, “unwept, unsepulchred, a welcome store for the birds, as they espy him, to feast on at will.” In Greek times, these customs of burial were even more important than they are today, because of beliefs about luck, religion, and what would happen to the spirit or the family if the body was left unburied. This is why it was used as a punishment by Creon, and was so hurtful to Antigone that she was willing to risk her life to undo it. Ismene explains to Antigone the reasons that she will not take part in such a proceeding. Herein lies another example of the tragedy aspect of this play, as Ismene reminds Antigone of how her father, mother, and both her brothers had already died. Anyway, Ismene said she wouldn’t go with Antigone to bury her brother, and initially tries to talk Antigone out of it, but then simply wishes her luck and promises she won’t tell anyone. In the next scene, Creon explains, “Polynices,-who came back from exile, and sought to consume utterly with fire the city of his fathers and the shrines of his fathers' gods,-sought to taste of kindred blood, and to lead the remnant into slavery,” and that is why no one can grace him

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.

Fate catches up to Creon when Haemon kills himself followed by Eurydice committing suicide as