The Case Of King Creon And Prince Haimon

There’s a saying that “wisdom comes with age.” It it mostly correct, but every rule has an exception. In the case of King Creon and Prince Haimon, this adage is not validated. When Haimon argues with his father about the fate of his beloved fiancee, the prince wins the heated dispute (thesis?). However, the victory couldn't save his wife, because of the King’s stubbornness and his position in the government. Haimon argues from a more democratic point of view, and uses evidence with the voice of the people, while Creon is headstrong and argues in an autocracy point of view. Haimon uses the people’s opinions to try to persuade2 his father. There is no nation without its people. The citizens are what make a kingdom, village, or a country strong. What is the

However, when the King does not listen to the reasonable points of disagreement of him, he also says, “It is no City if it

His personality shows up in his argument. First, he has no clear evidence to support his thoughts and ideas. All he states is that he is the King of Thebes, so all his words are the law. “The State is the King,”(598) means that Creon firmly believes in the fact that everything he says and thinks is correct. He also talks like a sexist and says, “Let’s lose to a man, at least! Is a woman stronger than we?”(540) His stubbornness and the lack to understand makes it hard for Haemon to persuade him. Most importantly, he rejects further information from anyone because he thinks that he is the most superior man in the kingdom. “You consider it right for a man of my years and experience to go to school to a boy?”(587) No argument is validated by only looking at one point of the view, but that is what King Creon is exactly doing. His inability to understand and the lack of evidence to support his ideas clearly proves that he lost this