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What would happen if Haemon, Antigone’s fiancée, was eliminated from the play? ... Antigone would lose many features that make the audience and readers understand and empathize with her. ... It would surely lack the vital spirit of kinship we feel with Antigone.
Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus. ... Even though King Creon decreed that Polynices the traitor was not to be buried, Antigone defied the order. She was caught by the guards and sentenced by Creon to be buried alive - even though she was betrothed to his son Haemon. ... First he went to bury Polynices and then he went to the tomb to free Antigone. However, when he arrived at the tomb, Antigone has already killed herself. Then, his son Haemon also killed himself, right in front of Creon. When the news of Haemon’s death is reported to her, Creons wife Eurydice commits suicide. Creon and Ismene (Antigone’s sister) are left alone.
Even though Haemon only appears twice in the play, he is a necessary character because he shows us that although Antigone is willing to die for her brother, she could have had a happy life with him.
Approximate Word count = 938
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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