Creon threatens that he will kill Antigone before his son. This is particularly threatening because Creon's son has a passionate love (eros) for Antigone and they were going to get married.
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.
Creon's son was Haimon.
Creon says that a good son is loyal, is respectful, and is obedient in "Antigone."
Oedipus is not Creon's son. Creon is the brother of Jocasta, who both gave birth to Oedipus and married him. So he is Oedipus' uncle/brother-in-law, but he's not his father. His father is Laios.
The father of Antigone is Oedipus. The man that blinded himself after knowing that he had killed his father and married his mother, whom he had 4 kids with. Antigone, Ismene, and the two brothers that killed each other.
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.
Creon's son was Haimon.
Creon
Creon's sons include, Megareus, Menoeceus, and Haemon.
Creon says that a good son is loyal, is respectful, and is obedient in "Antigone."
No, Theban King Oedipus isn't Theban King Creon's son. Instead, he's the son of King Laius and Queen Merope of Thebes. So he's Creon's brother-in-law and nephew.
Haimon, Creon's son.
Oedipus is not Creon's son. Creon is the brother of Jocasta, who both gave birth to Oedipus and married him. So he is Oedipus' uncle/brother-in-law, but he's not his father. His father is Laios.
The seer's name is Tiresias. He tells Creon that if Creon does not follow the laws of the gods and refuse to bury Antigone's brother, then Creon's own son will die.
Creon is Oedipus's uncle.
Creon is a brother of queen Jocasta, the wife of King Laius as well as Oedipus (Jocasta's son).
No, the audience doesn't believe that Theban King Oedipus is the son of Theban King Creon. Oedipus clearly is in control of the interaction. Creon comes back from Apollo's Shrine and wants to share what he learns in private with Oedipus and only later in public with the Theban people. Oedipus refuses and tells Creon to speak there and then. That isn't the typical father and son interaction in which the son respects the father, in ancient Greece.