Antigone: Family Bonds Vs. the Law There are many types of bonds in the play Antigone. There is the love bond between Antigone and her fiancée, Haemon. There is a bond between parents and children, as well as the blood bond between siblings. However, for Antigone, it is only the bond between siblings that prevails above the law. The love bond shared between Antigone and Haemon was a peculiar one. Antigone views marriage as …showed first 75 words of 584 total…

…showed last 75 words of 584 total…if it meant her execution (Sophocles, 82-89). Antigone does this out of respect and obedience for her oikos, the realm of her household. Everything that she does throughout the play is out of this respect and obedience. The bond between her and Haemon couldn’t cause her to do wrong. The bond between Haemon and Creon couldn’t justify breaking the law. But, the bond between Antigone and her loved brother became her ultimate demise.