Antigone is a play about a woman named Antigone. She is part of the royal family in Thebes and her brothers died fighting each other over the crown. Creon, Antigone’s father in law, has said that her brother, Polyneices, is a traitor to the city and will not be buried and anywho break this law will die. Antigone breaks the law anyway and is locked away to die. Haimon, Creon’s son and Antigone’s fiance, tries to change his father’s mind, but it didn’t work. When Creon did realize that he was wrong it was too late. Antigone had already hung herself and Haimon stab himself after he found her. Creon’s wife, Eurydice, killed herself after she found out about her son. I think Haimon influenced the play the most with his use of rhetorical devices. …show more content…
Up until this time in the play most of the audience probably thought that Creon had to uphold the law to get respect from the people of Thebes. Haimon changes that with all of the information and thoughts he shares. One of the things he shares at the time is what the people of Thebes think of the Antigone, during this he is using Pathos because he is appealing to the audience's feelings. He says that “They say that no woman has ever, so unreasonably, died so shameful a death for a generous act” (Line 63 &64, Scene 3). He is using pathos to connect with the audience’s feeling and take pity on Antigone because the city is saying that she should be