Creon didn't care and imprisoned them both. Creon was still so prideful that even when his son, Haimon came to him asking him to free Antigone he didn't let it happen. Now Antigone is his Haimon's fiancé. When Creon said no Haimon was done with him. He ran off and wasn't to be seen again. Now this is the point when Creon is beginning to lose his family. After sentencing Antigone to death by way of starving her; so that he wouldn't be blamed for her death, he was approached by Teiresias a blind prophet. Teiresias told him that he would lose things very close to him because of what he did. "Corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh... Dead, denied the grave, this is your crime." (Sophocles 801 …show more content…
She was given seven days of food and water and then she would be given nothing else. When Creon found her she had hung herself before the seven days were up. When Creon found her he had found his son Haimon. His son was so mad at him so he charged at him with a sword and missed. He stabbed himself with the sword right in front of his fathers eyes. Creon now lost his son and when he returned home to Eurydice, his wife, she was lying dead on the floor with her dagger. She killed herself too. Creon, after losing his family, finally began to realize that he was prideful. He thought he was doing the right thing, and the thing the makes him look strong but he really