In one passage of Antigone (lines 1344-1371), a messenger tells the Chorus that a tragic event has taken place: Haemon has killed himself. ... One could observe the incongruity in Haemon's family values between the selected passage and an earlier excerpt, thus suggesting an ironic tone. ... Haemon's act of suicide depicts a gruesome image of him lunging the sword deeply into his body. ... The pathetic tone within the tragedy, Antigone, leads to the universal theme of how one should value intimate relationships over civil laws. ... The heartbreaking story of Romeo and Juliet by Wil...

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