Homework Help is Here – Start Your Trial Now!
Social Science
History
Comment on this line spoken by Creon to Haemon, "Then do not you, my son, at pleasure's call dethrone your reason for a woman's sake, knowing that this is a joy that soon grows cold in clasping arms-an evil woman to share your bed and your home" (Sophocles 107). What does this tell us about Creon, and how does it relate to classical Greek gender values?

Comment on this line spoken by Creon to Haemon, "Then do not you, my son, at pleasure's call dethrone your reason for a woman's sake, knowing that this is a joy that soon grows cold in clasping arms-an evil woman to share your bed and your home" (Sophocles 107). What does this tell us about Creon, and how does it relate to classical Greek gender values?

icon
Related questions
Question
Readings: Sophocles, "Antigone" & Euripides, "Trojan Women" both in Moses Hadas, ed. Greek Drama (Bantam)
Comment on this line spoken by Creon to Haemon, "Then do not you, my son, at pleasure's call dethrone your reason for a woman's sake, knowing that this is a joy that soon grows cold in clasping arms-an evil woman to share your bed and your home" (Sophocles 107). What does this tell us about Creon, and how does it relate to classical Greek gender values?
Transcribed Image Text:Comment on this line spoken by Creon to Haemon, "Then do not you, my son, at pleasure's call dethrone your reason for a woman's sake, knowing that this is a joy that soon grows cold in clasping arms-an evil woman to share your bed and your home" (Sophocles 107). What does this tell us about Creon, and how does it relate to classical Greek gender values?
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps

SEE SOLUTIONCheck out a sample Q&A here
Blurred answer