![]() ![]() It is dawn, and the house is still asleep. Antigone Sophocles Summary Antigone Sophocles Summary Creon’s son Haemon, who was in love with Antigone commits suicide with a knife, and his mother Queen Eurydice, also kills herself in despair over her son’s death. Although Creon has a change of heart and tries to release Antigone, he finds she has hanged herself. ![]() Finally three Guards play cards, indifferent to the tragedy before them.Ĭreon orders Antigone buried alive in a tomb. Eurydice will knit until the time comes for her to go to her room and die. Next to the sisters’ sits the Nurse and Queen Eurydice. Creon is king of Thebes, bound to the duties of rule. Though one would have expected Haemon to go for Ismene, he inexplicably proposed to Antigone on the night of a ball. Haemon, Antigone’s dashing fiancé, chats with Ismene, her beautiful sister. Antigone is the girl who will rise up alone and die young. By then it’s too late - Antigone has hung herself, Haemon kills himself when he finds her, and Creon’s wife kills herself when she learns about her son. After a long discussion, he finally persuades Creon that the gods want Polyneices buried. It’s only then that the seer Tiresias appears. Her fiance and Creon’s son, Haemon, learns about this and tries to convince Creon to change his mind. ![]() Antigone is caught burying Polyneices and is condemned to death. ![]()
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