Antigone who is tiresias

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The blind prophet, or seer, who warns Creon not to execute Antigone and not to stick so rigidly to his decision to disallow the burial of Polynices. When Creon insults Tiresias, the seer prophesies that the gods will punish Creon for Antigone's death by taking the life of his child. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:.

Lines Quotes. They call for him to free Antigone, and he reluctantly leaves to do so. Once he is gone, the Chorus prays to Dionysus to protect Thebes. A messenger enters and tells the Chorus that a catastrophic event has taken place offstage: Haemon is dead by his own hand.

They went in and saw Antigone hanging from a noose and Haemon raving. Hearing that Haemon is dead, Eurydice rushes back into the palace, followed by the messenger. The messenger tells Creon that Eurydice called down curses on her husband for the misery his pride had caused just before she stabbed herself.

Creon kneels and prays for death. His guards lead him back into the palace.