Antigone Quotes From Haemon To Creon

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In these lines of the play Antigone, Haemon tries to free Antigone by reasoning with his father and the king, Creon. Creon in turn reacted poorly to this by harshly threatening to kill Antigone right in front of him- “Bring out the hateful creature; she shall die full in his sight, close at her bridegroom’s side.” (Line 760). Haemon exits the room, and Creon ends up admitting to The Chorus that they are right- Ismene did no wrong and he will let her go free, but not Antigone.
When Haemon first tried to approach Creon, he had started with offering him critical information about his people and city, and maybe could be seen to be about his honor too. This information which should have taken a toll on or even changed the mind of any levelheaded

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