Antigone
Kuvakäsikirjoitus Teksti
- Liuku: 1
- In scene two, Antigone is caught for burying Polynieces. A sentry enters the room and informs Creon of his discovery. Antigone argues that Creon has no right to overrule anything said by God. Following this, Creon sentences Antigone to death.
- "And you, Antigone, You with your head hanging—do you confess this thing?" (2. 50-51)
- "I do. I deny nothing ... It was not God’s proclamation. That final Justice That rules the world below makes no such laws." (2. 51-58)
- Scene 2
- Liuku: 2
- Scene 4
- In scene four, Antigone is headed off to her tomb where she will be entombed alive. Antigone beleives her actions were justified, and she beleives she deserves praise for her rebellion.
- "Look upon me, friends, and pity me Turning back at the night’s edge to say Good-bye to the sun that shines for me no longer" (4. 5-7)
- Liuku: 3
- Scene 5
- In scene five, Teiresias, a prophet, claims to have seen a vision in which corruption within the kingdom caused the Gods to turn their backs on them. Teiresias advises the king to free Antigone but is met with accusations of bribery. Following the dismay brought by Teiresias, one of Creon's counselors convinces Creon to set Antigone free and Creon vows to go himself to free her.
- "I tell you, Creon, you yourself have broughtThis new calamity upon us ... The gods are deaf when we pray to them" (5. 25-30)
- "As surely as bribes are baser than any baseness ... The generation of prophets has always loved gold" (5. 57-62)
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