Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Sophocles' "Antigone"


“No, justice will not suffer you to
do that; you did not consent to the deed, nor
I give you part in it” (Sophocles 104).


This quote takes place when Ismene wanted to take some of the blame for Antigone's deliberate disobedience.   Antigone wants to take full credit for burying her father's body.   Ismene said she would never defy Creon's orders and then wished to take partial blame for her sister's actions, though she doesn't support it.  Antigone wanted full credit of what she did for herself.  There was a sense of honor in it, much like the type of honor you see in "In a grove."

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