... couple's death, further exemplifies the tone of pathos within the passage. Not only does Antigone commit suicide, but Haemon, "doomed, [and] desperate with himself", also takes his life by, "by leaning his full weight on the blade, / [and burying] it in his body halfway to the hilt" (lines1362-1364). Haemon's act of suicide depicts a gruesome image of him lunging the sword deeply into his ... body. The grotesque manner of Haemon's suicide reveals his deep misery for his departed bride. While Haemon's intentions of killing his father with the sword failed, Haemon shifts his aggression aw...

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