In the Greek play Antigone by Sophocles. Haemon is one of the top foils to Creon. Whenever Haemon does not agree with Creon he makes it look like he is saying that women are worthless and that they are just company, while men are supposed to be leader protecting the women that stay in the house.
CREON. “Yes-for you the matter’s is closed. No more delay. You slaves, take them off inside. From this point on they must act like women and have no liberty to wander off. Even bold men run when they see Hades coming close to them to snatch their live” (Sophocles, lines 660-665).
This makes him look like he does not appreciate anything that women do and that they are useless. The character’s trait lets the audience that Creon thinks that the females in the town are just objects instead of people and they are not needed. Haemon also confronts his father for being as stubborn as he is. In lines 708-710 Haemon argues to his dad about his stubborn and mindless behavior.
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"Father, the gods implant reason in men, the highest of all things that we call our own. Not to act senselessly is shared by brutes." (Sophocles, lines 708-710)
Haemon judging his dad’s behavior and Creon’s gender bias makes the audience think that they are both insecure about themselves.
Haemon’s pride in thinking women are less superior to men causes him not to look at other of views on his option. His view on women also reshapes his flaws and enhances his tragedy of him as a character.
CREON. "Do you want me to be shown to have obeyed a woman?" (Sophocles, line 743)
In line 743, Creon talks about how he does not think that any woman should be involved in any men’s politics. Creon thinks that men should have more power than women and that they should not be into politics considering that their opinion is less important or