Antigone
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Creon, the new king of Thebes, condemns his son's disobedient fiancé, , to death for her religious beliefs that disagree with Creon's order. He uses her to set an example for the entire city of Thebes, for she is the first person to ever deliberately disobey Creon's order not the bury her late bro ....
Middle of paper
.... that there is any higher authority. Haemon, Creon's son and Creon's advisor, Tiresias both fail to redeem Creon of his pride.
Haemon fails to change his father's mind for many different reasons. Even before Haemon presented himself as weak and inferior to his father, "Far be it from me -I haven't the shill, and certainly no desire, to tell you when, if ever, you make a slip in speech… though someone else might have a good suggestion."(766-69) Haemon uses words like if, might, and sugg ....
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Word count: 788
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
