Before Antigone commits suicide, Haemon agrees with his father's verdict to kill his bride, Antigone. ... When the messenger recounts how he finds Antigone, he observes Antigone dies, "hanged by the neck in a fine linen noose, /strangled in her veils" (line 1348). ... The addition of veils in Antigone's attire confirms the occasion as a wedding. ... The messenger notes, "[Haemon] has won his bride at last, poor boy/not here but in the houses of the dead", which further illustrates how Haemon finally, but belatedly, expresses his feelings of love for Antigone (lines 1370-1371). ......

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(Matric drama notes, Ronnie Burton, 2002) " I wanted to take the principal that it was not just a matter of interpreting the world but changing it, and apply that to theatre." ... Fugards The Island ends with Winston's open-ended monologue in the character of Antigone. ... (2002 drama notes from Peter Shaffer : a casebook, C.J. ...

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