... bend are safe and how the inflexible trees get uprooted. This is meant to show Creon that rulers that are flexible with their decisions are like the trees which can withstand the floods, always enduring but never breaking. In the analogy, Creon can be both the tree or the wave. As a wave however, he is the tyrant. Strong-willed people who are not willing ... back up, just like people overthrowing a king. So as long as Creon is uncompromising, he is bound to unfavorable outcomes. In "Antigone," foreshadowing is an important literary element. In Haimon's speech, he darkly hints that Creon...

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