1. Antigone- “I didn’t say yes. I can say no to any I say vile, and I don’t have to count the cost. But because you said yes, all that you can do, for all your crown and your trappings, and your guards-all that you can do is have me killed.”
-Antigone is standing up for what she believes is right and is doing the noble thing. In a sense it is making Creon helpless and powerless to her. Out of anger, pride, and self desires he orders her to be executed.
2. Haemon- ”Do not believe that you alone can be right. The man who thinks that, the man who maintains that only he has the power. To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul. A man like that, when you know him turns out empty. It is not reason never to yield to reason.”
-Haemon tries to rationally talk to his father and give him good advice. Instead, angry, Creon verbally attacks him and refuses his pleas to save Antigone. He is so absorbed in his own pride.
3. Chorus- “Wisdom is by far the greatest part of joy, and reverence toward the gods must be safeguarded. The mighty words of the proud are paid in full with mighty blows of fate, and at long last those blows will teach us wisdom.”
-This sums up the entire play and the theme of the play. Those who are conceded and full of pride will get what is coming to them in the end. Through hardships we gain knowledge and wisdom.
I agree with the fact that she is standing up for what is right… unlike alot of girls would do
By: hlj0001 on March 4, 2010
at 3:57 pm
I don’t know if I agree with Haley — wouldn’t a lot of girls stand up for what they believe? I liked your second passage and how you said that Creon is so absorbed in his own pride. That’s a great way to put it.
By: Sandra on March 4, 2010
at 9:16 pm