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Why did Creon kill his son?
Creon didn't kill Haemon. Creon decided too late to release Antigone. She was already dead, and Haemon tried to save her but Creon called him stupid. This was "the last straw" per say, so Haemon lashed out on Creon and Haemon fell on his sword killing himself.
What does Haemon ask Creon to do?
Haemon tells his father Creon to not act with sovereign and to listen to other people's thoughts.
How are Creon and Haemon compared and contrasted in 'Antigone'?
Theban King Creon and his son Haemon are comparable in their beliefs of respect of a son for his father and of a citizen for his city's laws. But they contrast in their priorities and in their commitments. For example, Creon makes the consolidation of his rule the top priority. But Haemon prioritizes people's feelings. He therefore considers love and the lessening of suffering important. Creon the bureaucrat believes that a commitment must be honored to the bitter end. He doesn't believe in changing horses in midstream. He therefore holds fast to his refusal to bury disloyal Thebans no matter the misery, pain and suffering among his people. But Haemon the humanitarian believes that a commitment must be dropped if it goes against the will of the gods and if it results in widespread suffering, pain and misery.
What is haemon's relationship to creon and to Antigone?
Creon is his dad and antigone is his cousin
In Antigone does Haemon threaten his father as Creon thinks?
No. Haemon says to Creon, "...And dying she'll destroy--someone else," and Creon, blinded by his ego, automatically takes this as a threat to himself, when in reality his son is telling him that he, Haemon, will not survive his future bride's death.
Why does haemon visit his father?
Haemon and Creon are both characters in Antigone by Sophocles. Haemon visits his father, Creon, to tell him not to kill Antigone.
Why did Creon kill his son?
Creon didn't kill Haemon. Creon decided too late to release Antigone. She was already dead, and Haemon tried to save her but Creon called him stupid. This was "the last straw" per say, so Haemon lashed out on Creon and Haemon fell on his sword killing himself.
What does Haemon ask Creon to do?
Haemon tells his father Creon to not act with sovereign and to listen to other people's thoughts.
How are Creon and Haemon compared and contrasted in 'Antigone'?
Theban King Creon and his son Haemon are comparable in their beliefs of respect of a son for his father and of a citizen for his city's laws. But they contrast in their priorities and in their commitments. For example, Creon makes the consolidation of his rule the top priority. But Haemon prioritizes people's feelings. He therefore considers love and the lessening of suffering important. Creon the bureaucrat believes that a commitment must be honored to the bitter end. He doesn't believe in changing horses in midstream. He therefore holds fast to his refusal to bury disloyal Thebans no matter the misery, pain and suffering among his people. But Haemon the humanitarian believes that a commitment must be dropped if it goes against the will of the gods and if it results in widespread suffering, pain and misery.
What is Haemon's relationship to Creaon and Antigone?
Creon is Haemon's father and Antigone is Haemon's forbideddn love.
Who is creon's son?
Creon's sons include, Megareus, Menoeceus, and Haemon.
What is haemon's relationship to creon and to Antigone?
Creon is his dad and antigone is his cousin
In Antigone does Haemon threaten his father as Creon thinks?
No. Haemon says to Creon, "...And dying she'll destroy--someone else," and Creon, blinded by his ego, automatically takes this as a threat to himself, when in reality his son is telling him that he, Haemon, will not survive his future bride's death.
How was Haemon related to Antigone?
Theban King Creon was the brother of Queen Jocasta. He was the father of Haemon. Jocasta was the mother of Antigone. So Creon was Antigone's uncle, and Jocasta Haemon's aunt. That made the betrothed couple Antigone and Haemon first cousins.
What does Haemon try to do to Creon in 'Antigone'?
Change his mind in the first interaction and kill him in the second are what Haemon tries to do to Creon in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Prince Haemon has two interactions with his father, King Creon. In the first, he makes an effort to get Creon to change his stubborn mind about non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead and about the death sentence for Princess Antigone, Haemon's betrothed and Creon's niece. In the second, Haemon tries to run his sword through Creon, whom he blames for Antigone's suicide.
When haemon arrives what is the first question that Creon ask him?
Creon says to Haemon, Do you come as a loving son in support of your father or as a lovesick boy, angered at your father?
Is Haemon a loyal son to Creon in 'Antigone'?
No, Haemon is not a loyal son to Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Prince Haemon starts out trying to be loyal to his father, King Creon. But Creon plans to execute Princess Antigone, Haemon's first cousin and betrothed. Haemon passionately loves Antigone and finds the execution unacceptable. He therefore expresses disloyalty by opposing his father's non-burial edict, supporting Antigone's civil disobedience and even trying to kill Creon.
