1. Antigone
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). ... Before Haemon dies, and still has his senses, he embraces Antigone, "and breathing hard/ [releases] a quick rush of blood, / bright red on her cheek glistening white" (lines 1366-1368). ...
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