Antigone Character Arcs
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- Antigone: Defies Creon to fulfill divine duty, leading to her imprisonment and suicide.
- Creon: Imposes strict law, later repents after warning, but his delay causes loss.
- Haemon: Attempts to persuade his father, chooses death alongside Antigone.
- Teiresias: Delivers prophetic warning that spurs Creon's change of heart.
- Eurydice: Reacting to her son's death, she commits suicide.
- Antigone: Defies Creon, buries Polynices, accepts death, reinforcing her moral resolve.
- Creon: Transitions from rigid ruler to remorseful king who ultimately commits suicide.
- Haemon: Challenges his father, supports Antigone, and later succumbs to grief with suicide.
- Teiresias: Delivers dire prophecies that are dismissed, shaping the tragic outcome.
- Eurydice: Appears grieving, then ends her own life after her son's death.