... experience. This idyllic perception of marriage or the desire to engage in marriage prevails not only in the real world, but also in literature. Many novels, poems, and plays portray this glorious perception of marriage, including the play Antigone written by Sophocles. In one passage of Antigone (lines 1344-1371 ... kill herself. While in the beginning of the play Haemon glorifies his father, he later rejects his principles on the importance of paternal relationships for the strong bond between husband and wife. Haemon's change in values occurs very suddenly; the reader does not witness ...

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