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Haemon And Creon Tragic Hero Quotes

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The Tragic Hero “Your gaze makes citizens afraid-they can’t say anything you would not like to hear”(783-784). King Creon has so much power that the citizens of Thebes fear him. In the play Antigone, Sophocles uses Haemon’s ideas to contrast with Creon’s idea to punish Antigone which makes him into a tragic hero and advances the plot to show him what the people of Thebes believe about Antigone’s act. Haemon believes that Creon shouldn’t punish Antigone for her act. Not only Haemon but also the city of Thebes believe this. Haemon states to King Creon But in the darkness I can hear them talk- the city is upset about the girl”(786-787). Creon notices what he thinks of himself instead of the city of Thebes. Haemon also shows how he cares about

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