Son of King Creon, Haemon. Being son of the king, best is expected from him. Therefore his father, Creon knows best for him and decides to choice Haemon's wife, Antigone. Although there's high expectation for Haemon, he doesn't seem to have what it takes.
This is where all the pronlems start. Antigone's brother, Polynices is consider a traitor. He is considered a traitor because him and his army attacked Thebes, there city. The city that Creon is king of. From those action by Polynices, Creon ordered that Polynices cannot be burried. Antigone i upset from this and decides that this is wrong and does what she thinks is right. What she considers the right thing to give Polynices a proper burial.
Creon gets pissed from Antigone's action and decides to punish her. Since Antigone is Haemon's wife, he asks Haemon who he stands by. Haemon for some odd reason decides to stand by his father, but then he aruges with Creon. l # 696-699 " I don't know how I could say you don't speak correctly, but sometimes another man's opinion is also right." You see... it doesn't make since.. is he fighting for Antigone, or is he fighting with his father just to teach him that he could be wrong. He should stood by his wifes side! Doesn't seem that Haemon cares too much about his own wife at this point.
Later on in the story, Antigone is punished and sent to a cave where she is trapped. Antigone hangs herself and this upsets Haemon, causing him to kill himself(so cliche). l # 1181 " Haemon is lost. His blood was silled by a familiar hand." Haemon didn't seem to care much about Antigone then, but all of a sudden he kills himself.
This shows that Haemon doesn't seem to know what he's doing. I wouldn't expect much from him if I were the towns people living in that city. I can't explain his feelings to the full extent, but I'm sure we all know that at the end of the story, he loved Antigone.
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