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Antigone Assignment # 3
Pages 135 Chorus – 143 Creon
Answer the following in complete sentences:

1. Describe Haemon’s views towards his father and his father’s views at the beginning of this scene.

2. Does Haemon fit Creon’s definition of a good son? Why or why not?

3. Creon speaks a lot about obedience on page 144. What does he reveal is his real fear about what will
happen if he does not punish Antigone?

4. How do the people of the city of Thebes feel about Creon’s actions?

5. Explain Haemon’s metaphor about trees and a river. How does this relate to Creon?
6. So what quality is Haemon asking his father to show?

7. How is the Haemon we see on page 146 different from the one that we met at the start of this section?

8. Antigone will be locked in a tomb forever, however the government will give her food. Explain why
Creon says they will do this (explain don’t just repeat the line.)

9. Why is it ironic that the living Antigone will essentially be buried alive?

10. We have more of Antigone’s tragic flaws on page 149. What are they?

11. How is Antigone feeling about her fate at the end of this section? Provide a quote to support your
answer.