Antigone

antigone

Read the excerpt below from the play Antigone by Sophocles and answer the question that follows.

HAEMON:
Father, I’m yours. For me your judgments
and the ways you act on them are good—
I shall follow them. I’ll not consider
any marriage a greater benefit
than your fine leadership.

Based on Haemon’s lines, how would the audience expect him to react to his fiancée’s death sentence?

The audience would expect him to support his father.
The audience would expect him to support Antigone.
The audience would expect him to sneak behind his father’s back to set Antigone free.
The audience would expect him to seek the advice of the Chorus Leader.

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The audience would expect him to support his father.