Suicide/Self-Injury by Brad Britvich

"Self-proved, blinded by his own self-mutilation?/ And then his mother, his wife - for she was both-/ Destroyed herself in a noose of her own making. (128)

britvichb — 2013-10-30 18:11:50 UTC

This quote from Ismene shows the everlasting effect of their mother's suicide on their lives and the lesson it brought forth.

"No, yours, and mine, and that of the gods of the dead./ You'll never marry her this side of death./ Then, if she dies, she does not die alone." (146)

britvichb — 2013-10-31 00:09:29 UTC

This quote between Creon and Haemon shows Haemon's willingness to die with Antigone because he believed she was right.

"That sight I'll never see. Nor form this hour/ Shall you see me again. Let those that will/ Be witness of your wickedness and folly." (147)

britvichb — 2013-10-31 00:17:25 UTC

This quote shows how Haemon's suicide signifies the ignorance and cruelty of Creon and his decision.

"Haemon is dead slain by his own/His father?/His own hand/His father's act it was that drove him to it./ Then all has happened as the prophet said. "(157)

britvichb — 2013-10-31 00:38:18 UTC

This conversation between the chorus and the messenger
exemplifies how fate is inescapable and Creons tyrannical behavior was the
factor that lead to Haemon's suicide

"Into the mouth of the cave, and see if it be/my son, my own son Haemon that I hear./If not, I am the sport of gods."(158)

britvichb — 2013-10-31 00:43:12 UTC

Creon discovers that his son, Haemon, has killed himself

"We saw her hanging by the neck. The rope / Was of the woven linen of her dress"(159)

britvichb — 2013-10-31 00:57:22 UTC

Antigone chose to take her own life instead of allowing Creon's punishment to take her life first.

"Whereon the poor demented boy/Leaned on his sword and thrust it deeply home/In his own side, and while his life ebbed out/Embraced the maid in loose-enfolding arms,/His spurting blood staining her pale cheeks red./Two bodies lie together, wedded in death"(159)

britvichb — 2013-10-31 01:08:55 UTC

Upon finding Antigone had hanged herself, Haemon thrusts his sword in his side, taking his own life because he did not want to live without her.

"O the curse of my stubborn will!/Son, newly cut off in the newness of youth,/Dead for my fault, not yours"(160)

britvichb — 2013-10-31 01:22:39 UTC

Creon accepts fault for his son's death and realizes his stubbornness is to blame.

"She drove the sharp sword into her heart"(161)

britvichb — 2013-10-31 01:29:46 UTC

Eurydice killed herself after finding out her son, Haemon, had killed himself.

"Indeed you bear the burden of the two deaths/It was her dying word"(161)

britvichb — 2013-10-31 01:33:00 UTC

Eurydice's dying words were a curse to Creon, saying that her and Haemon's death were his fault because of his stubbornness.