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The love bond shared between Antigone and Haemon was a peculiar one. Antigone views marriage as death (Sophocles, 504-508). In lines 960-964, Antigone states “Had I been a mother of children, and my husband been dead and rotten, I would not have taken this weary task upon me against the will of the city.” Her logic is that she will never have another brother, even though she may have another child or husband. So to her, marriage will damage her family bonds, and would not justify breaking the
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There are obviously many types of bonds revealed in the play Antigone, but it is apparent that Antigone’s bonds with her siblings are the most important to her. She claims on page 178, “How can such as I, that live among such troubles, not find a profit in death? So for such as me, to face such a fate as this is pain that does not count. She expresses her loyalty to him in lines 81 to 89: “Be as you choose to be; but for myself I myself will bury him. ” Even when brought before King Creon, she preserves and reaffirms her beliefs (Sophocles, 509-515).
Throughout the whole play, Antigone insisted on burying her brother against the Kings orders even if it meant her execution (Sophocles, 82-89).
Even the bonds between a child and a parent cannot overcome the law. The bond between her and Haemon couldn’t cause her to do wrong. ” But the bond of siblings triumphs above all others. Haemon disagrees with his fathers decision. King Creon would rather kill his son’s fiancée than allow him to marry a “bad wife. Death- it is death that will stop the marriage for me. But if I dared to leave the dead man, my mother’s son, dead and unburied, that would have been real pain.
The bond she shared with her brother was the most unique. Everything that she does throughout the play is out of this respect and obedience.
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