Antigone Haemon Analysis
Haemon should have been direct
“Father, the gods instill good sense in men” (776) Haemon states when he is pleading
with his father for his fiance's release. Trying to make Creon understand that what he is
doing is not good in the slightest, but is in fact very mean spirited. He later states “The
people here in Thebes all say the same— they deny she is.” (834) even the very
people he rules believe his judgement is wrong and that Antigone is innocent and was
doing well by the gods. Because of this he is always hiding behind someone else The
Gods or the people of Thebes. He never once openly defies his father untill near the
end where it's quiet clear that Haemon is done with his father's games.
Although it was surprising when the audience found that Antigone is Haemon's …show more content…
Haemon even tells his father that he is acting like a child “Now you’re talking
like someone far too young.” (837) He tells his father he is acting irrational. Creon in
“Father, the gods instill good sense in men” (776) Haemon states when he is pleading
with his father for his fiance's release. Trying to make Creon understand that what he is
doing is not good in the slightest, but is in fact very mean spirited. He later states “The
people here in Thebes all say the same— they deny she is.” (834) even the very
people he rules believe his judgement is wrong and that Antigone is innocent and was
doing well by the gods. Because of this he is always hiding behind someone else The
Gods or the people of Thebes. He never once openly defies his father untill near the
end where it's quiet clear that Haemon is done with his father's games.
Although it was surprising when the audience found that Antigone is Haemon's …show more content…
Haemon even tells his father that he is acting like a child “Now you’re talking
like someone far too young.” (837) He tells his father he is acting irrational. Creon in