Antigone
There are many types of bonds in the play Antigone. There is the love bond between Antigone and her fiancée, Haemon. There is a bond between parents and children, as well as the blood bond between siblings. However, for Antigone, it is only the bond between siblings that prevails above the law. 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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Approximate Word count = 561
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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