Character Study: Haemon
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- Created on: 15-11-15 23:02
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- Haemon
- Prince of Thebes, Creon's Son and Antigone's fiance.
- Portrayed as the foil to Creon's character
- Haemon Scene
- Respectful and self-aware of own status
- "Father, I'm your son (...) I obey you."
- "I haven't the skill (...) to tell you when, if ever, you make a slip in speech..though someone else might have a good suggestion."
- "look less to my years and more to what I do"
- Flattery = Good orator.
- "Nothing more precious to me in the world"
- Acts as a voice of the people
- "'She deserves a glowing crown of gold' - so they say"
- Generational: hints at Creon's harmatia
- "You've soon the trees by a raging winter torrent (...) but not the stubborn - they're ripped out, roots and all."
- Natural Imagery
- "You've soon the trees by a raging winter torrent (...) but not the stubborn - they're ripped out, roots and all."
- Passionate: he is in love with Antigone
- "Then she will die..but her death will kill another."
- Loses patience at Creon's stubborness
- "Rage your heart out, rage with friends who can stand the sight of you."
- Rational and Honest
- "I see my father offending justice - wrong."
- Turning Point - Creon gets support from Chorus on fighting the 'woman's side'
- Respectful and self-aware of own status
- Messenger's Report of Death
- Passionate for Antigone; almost to the point of hysteria. He is in love and is a deeply grieved by her death
- "his arms flung around her waist, clinging to her, wailing for his bride"
- Almost treats it as a game, something to be won over Creon. To prove his manlihood?
- "He has won his bride at last, poor boy."
- Hot-Headed Temper to kill himself contrasting his rationality in previous scenes
- "Haemon lunged and missed! and then, doomed, desperate with himself, suddenly leaning his full weight on the blade, he buried it in his body, halfway to the hilt."
- Passionate for Antigone; almost to the point of hysteria. He is in love and is a deeply grieved by her death
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