Difference Between Antigone And Creon
Furthermore, When Haemon eventually kills himself, his father, Creon, is obviously upset. On the other hand, when Eurydice kills herself, Creon is completely hopeless. In lines 1392, Creon says “Ohhh, my crimes, so senseless, so insane…[Haemon’s] dead, lost to the world, not through your stupidity, no, my own” but in lines 1441, He finds out Eurydice has also killed herself and says “And the guilt is all mine— can never be fixed on another man, no escape for me. I killed you, I, god help me, I admit it all!” showing the absolute grief he feels when he has lost everything. There is a difference in the way he acts towards both the deaths. Her death was caused because of her grief over antigone’s death and her own son’s. If he were not to have