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). ... The heartbreaking story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare illustrates this type of bond between a young couple and how antagonistic parental authority caused the tragic demise of their relationship. ...

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