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