Lesson Learned?

Megareus’ family line has fallen. Haemon by his own sword at the sight of the limp body of his beloved, and the queen who gifted him birth, slain by a hand of her own. Creon defaced by his careless teasing of unearthly laws and subsequent consequences. He shall surely seek to end his suffering rather than address public humiliation for his failure and recklessness.

The blinded man admitted to and regretted his decisions, but did he learn the lesson he needed to come to understand? Will he receive forgiveness by the Gods when his day of judgment occurs or has he not yet demonstrated adequate knowledge and forgiveness for his sins? Professed sorrow for the loss of his son and his queen are insufficient. He is troubled merely by his circumstances, no heir, no woman to console him, and a reputation shattered. But what of the men whose prayers were ignored due to the tainted offerings? And of Antigone, a woman to die so young? Was her death in vain? So many lives wasted for a lesson not truly learned.