Antigone Haemon Character Analysis

In the play of Antigone, Haemon’s love to Antigone is the most pure. He states that, “Not here, no; she will not die here, King. And you will never see my face again. Go on raving as long as you’ve a friend to endure you” (Sophocles, 2037). Haemon is extremely loyal to Antigone because of how he displays a love of Antigone that is so strong that it overpowers everything else, even his loyalty toward his father and the city. Haemon love for Antigone, in spite of its purity and goodness, can also be viewed as Haemon tragic flaw.

In this play Sophocles , argues how the same members of the family are the most powerful tragic, for example, Haemon argues with Creon about the latter’s decision to punish Antigone .Haemon is torn between too powerful allegiances of his father and of his love Antigone. He help protect Antigone by speaking to his father on her behalf, by saying, “They say no woman has ever, so unreasonably, Died so shameful a death for a generous act, She covered her brother’s body. Is this indecent, She kept him from dogs and vultures. Is this a crime, Death, She should have all the honor that we can give her!”(Sophocles, 2028). Haemon argue how noble and good Antigone actions were and why she shouldn’t be punished for doing something the gods clearly stated that they should have done. Haemon understand that

We know that Haemon’s love for Antigone is the most pure, because he simply loves her to the point where he takes his own life and willing to talk to his father as a result of it. Haemon love of Antigone is tragic because it result in the death of mother, his own and Creon’s revelation knowing that he pursued the wrong choice in this situation of Antigone. Haemon has a sense of devotion and emotion through his love, however, this transcendent temporal conditions surrounds