Antigone Study Guide
With all your threats and curses ringing in my ears, we swept of all earth that covered the body, and left is a sodden naked corpse again
Speaker: Sentry Spoken to: Creon
the blight upon us is your doing
Speaker: Teiresias Spoken to: Creon
Then mark me now; for you stand on a razor's edge
Speaker: Teiresias Spoken to: Creon
You go with your beauty unmarred by the hand of consuming sickness, untouched by the sword of living and free, as none other that ever died before you.
Speaker: Chorus Spoken to: Antigone
It is, and quickly. The gods do not delay the stroke of their swift vengeance on the sinner
Speaker: Chorus Spoken to: Creon
No more delay. Take them, and keep them within - the proper place for women
Speaker: Creon Audience: Chorus, Ismene, Antigone?
Ah, but you'll see. The over-obstinate spirit is soonest broken; as the strongest iron will snap if over-tempered in the fire to brittlness
Speaker: Creon Spoken to: Antigone
The criminal who being caught still tries to make a fair excuse, is damned indeed.
Speaker: Creon Spoken to: Antigone
What must i do? Tell me, and i will do it
Speaker: Creon Spoken to: Chorus
There is no more deadly peril than disobediece; states are devoured by it, homes laid in ruins, Armies defeated, victory turned to rout
Speaker: Creon Spoken to: Haemon
Don't bandy my words, fellow, about my feelings
Speaker: Creon Spoken to: Sentry
If you fail to find the doer of this deed, you'll learn one thing: Ill-gotten gain brings no one any good
Speaker: Creon Spoken to: Sentry
NO mans act has a power enough to pollute the goodness of god
Speaker: Creon Spoken to: Teiresias
Trade as you will; but all the silver of sardis and all the gold of india will not buya tomb for yonder traitor
Speaker: Creon Spoken to: Teiresias
See to it, you! Upon my oath, I sware, As Zeus is my god above: Either you find the perpetrator of this burial and bring him here into my sight, or death
Speaker: Creon Spoken: to Sentry
I am not unacquanted with grief, and I can bear it
Speaker: Eurydice Spoken to: Messenger
I am your son, sir; by your wise decisions my life is ruled, and them I shall always obey.
Speaker: Haemon Spoken to: Creon
I neither am nor wish to be clever enough to prove you wrong, though all men might not think the same as you do.
Speaker: Haemon Spoken to: Creon
Nor from this hour shall you see me again. Let those that will be witness of your wickedness and folly
Speaker: Haemon Spoken to: Creon
Since this is rarely found, the next best thing Is to be willing to listen to wise advice
Speaker: Haemon Spoken to: Creon
Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart
Speaker: Haemon Spoken to: Creon
Two bodies lie together, wedded in death, their bridal sleep a witness to the world how great calamity can come to man through man's perversity
Speaker: Messenger Spoken to: Eurydice
Its good to save your own skin, but a pity to have to see another get into trouble, whom you've no grudge against it
Speaker: Sentry Spoken to: Creon
Live, it you will; Live, and defy the holiest laws of heaven
Antigone
We have only little time to please the living / But all eternity to love the dead
Antigone
Will you help me? Will you do something with me? Will you?
Antigone
But he that, too rashly daring, walks in sin in solitary pride to his life's end. At door of mine shall never enter to call me friend.
Chorus
My lord, i fear - feared it from the first - That this may be prove to be an act of the gods.
Chorus
Ay that is the penalty. There is always someone ready to be lured to ruin by hope of gain.
Creon
You cannot mean... to bury him? Against the order?
Ismene
Go I, his prisoner, because i honored those things to which honor truly belongs
Speaker: Antigone Spoken to: Chorus and Creon??
I did not think your edicts strong enough of god and heave, you being only a man
Speaker: Antigone Spoken to: Creon
I knew that I should have to die, of course, with or without your order
Speaker: Antigone Spoken to: Creon
What greater honor could i wish/ All these Would say that what i did was honourable, but fear locks up their lips. To speak and act just as he likes is a kin's prerogative.
Speaker: Antigone Spoken to: Creon
You shall not die with me. You shall not claim that which you if not touch, One death is enough
Speaker: Antigone Spoken to: Ismene Audience: Ismene and Creon