... neck, caught in a noose Of her own linen veiling. Haemon embraced her as she hung, and mourned His bride's destruction, dead and gone below, His father's actions, the unfated marriage. When Creon saw him, he groaned terribly, And went toward him, and called him with lament: "What have you done, what plan have you caught up, What sort of suffering is killing you? Come out my child, I do beseech you, come!" The boy looked at him with his angry eyes, Spat in his face and spoke no further word. He drew his sword, but as his father ran He missed his aim. Then the unhappy boy, In anger at himself, leant on the blade. It entered, half its length, into his side, While he was conscious he embraced the maiden, Holding her gently. Last, he gasped out blood, Red blood on her white cheek. (Lines 1198-1239) Antigone. The messenger's speech in Sophocles' Antigone effectively demonstrates the elements of fate and destiny, arguably two of the most ...

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