After reading Antigone, one might feel that there is a missing dialogue between Antigone and Haimon before their death. Sophocles does not foresee any direct communication between the two lovers during this drama. The reader might assume that such a conversation could have taken place but was not included by Sophocles; however, I believe that if a conversation had taken place between Antigone and Haimon before their deaths, Sophocles would have made it part of his drama. Since Antigone is a work of fiction, we cannot assume anything without being told. We must take the situation exactly as Sophocles describes it to us. This leaves it up to the reader to determine the importance of Antigone and Haimon not speaking alone before their deaths. When we examine the nature of the drama, we see that the point Sophocles is trying to make is a political one. The absence of Antigone and Haimon speaking alone adds to this political atmosphere and does not inject the play with a question of romantic love and/or loyalty. Rather, family ties and loyalty are crucial issues. The central question of this piece is political. Which should have more power within a society, the divine laws of the gods or the laws of the land and mortal rulers? Antigone is a representation of the divine laws of the gods, and she remains true to her belief that the wishes of the gods should trump the wishes of the king. Creon, on the other hand, is the representation of the laws of the land and the mortal ruler of society. He too remains steadfast (until the end of...... middle of paper ......mon able to renounce the loyalty he maintains towards his father. Moreover, if there were had more of a romantic attitude The question is not about love and whether or not the decisions made by Antigone and Haimon are in accordance with their love for each other which one of the laws should. over others; those of mortal rulers or those of the gods By not including a dialogue between Antigone and Haimon, Sophocles is able to present his political issues clearly. Dudley and Fitzgerald, Robert Harcourt Brace and Company: New York., 1949.