Creon's Use Of The Messenger In Antigone And Haemon

Commentary:

I found this portion of the scene to be very powerful and important because the Messenger character, who is only in this one scene, is used to tell the audience that the prophet Teiresias was correct. The first line of the Messenger in this excerpt is that both Antigone and Haemon are dead, and that the those who are alive, Creon, are to blame. This satisfies the part of Teiresias prediction of Creon losing the one from his loins as a result of his actions. However, the prediction does not end there, rather it is said that another will also die. After this excerpt, it is revealed that Creon's wife has also killed herself as a result of hearing word of her son's death. Again, this death satisfies the other portion of the prophecy.