Sunday, October 19, 2008

Antigone quote

1) You know, my Father, how I prize
your well being and your name.
For sons and father's crown eachother's glory
with eachother's fame. -Haemon pg.222

2) Creon, Haemon's father, was angry at Antigone for burying her brother correctly. He captured Antigone and wants to put her to death. Haemon was going to get married to Antigone, but because his father wants to put her to death, he does not even want them to get married. In this quote Haemon is telling his father, Creon, that he agrees with anything he says and does. If he does not want the marriage to happen then so be it. Haemon means that he praises his father pretty much and respects him for everything he does. When he makes a decision to do something Haemon respects it 100% along with if Haemon did something Creon would respect it 100%. i am not so sure if Creon respects the decsion that Haemon does not want his father to kill Antigone.

3) Why does Ismene reject helping her sister bury their brother correctly and then when she is brought to Creon she tries to take the blame with her sister?

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