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Haemon has chased Creon away from his cave and commits suicide not long thereafter when the messenger delivers this message: "Two bodies lie together, wedded in death, Their bridal sleep a witness to the world.  How great calamity can come to man through man's perversity" (Sophocles 159).  This quote foreshadows the suicide of Eurydice and talks about the death of Haemon.  It seems to suggest that the deaths of these two people are because of Creon's sin and law.  Are the gods punishing Creon for his earthly law and proving that his law is not of the gods?  Is Creon truly to blame for the death of his wife and son?

The quote I believe was most significant occurred when Creon declared his reasoning for setting up his law concerning the body of Polynices: "When I see danger threatening my people, Whatever it may be, I shall declare it.  No man who is his country's enemy Shall call himself my friend.  Of this I am sure--Our country is our life; only when she Rides safely, have we any friends at all.  Such is my policy for our common weal" (Sophocles 131).  Is Creon making this proclamation out of anger or is he truly trying to protect his city?  Also are Antigone's motives for burying Polynices out of spite and depression because of the death she is enduring or does she truly believe that Creon is getting in the way of the laws of the gods