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ANTIGONE You can make that your excuse— 80 I will bury my brother. ISMENE Oh my poor sister, I’m so afraid for you! ANTIGONE Don’t fear for me ! Sort your own fate out! ISMENE You mustn’t tell anyone what you’re doing— Keep it secret, and I will, too. 85 ANTIGONE Oh, on the contrary! Tell them all! If you don’t spread the word
ANTIGONE: That must be your excuse, I suppose. But as for me, I will bury the brother I love. ISMENE: Antigone, I am so afraid for you! ANTIGONE: You need not be: You have yourself to consider, after all.
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Antigone includes Polynices’ betrothal in the long list of tragedies that have befallen her family. Most prominently, Antigone connects Polynices’ fate to the tragic fate of her father, Oedipus. — Owl Eyes Editors
Enter ANTIGONE, slipping through the central doors of the palace. She motions to her sister, ISMENE, who follows her cautiously toward an altar at the center of the stage. ANTIGONE: My own flesh and blood—dear sister, dear Ismene, how many griefs our father Oedipus handed down! Do you know one, I ask you, one grief
Sophocles (c.496 B.C.–406 B.C.). Antigone. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. Dramatis Personæ Creon, King of Thebes Hæmon, son of Creon Teiresias, a seer Guard First Messenger Second Messenger Eurydice, wife of Creon Antigone, Ismene, daughters of Œdipus Chorus of Theban Elders. SCENE—Thebes, in front of the Palace. Enter ANTIGONE and ISMENE.
Download: A 64k text-only version is available for download. Antigone By Sophocles Written 442 B.C.E Translated by R. C. Jebb. Dramatis Personae daughters of Oedipus: ANTIGONE ISMENE CREON, King of Thebes EURYDICE, his wife HAEMON, his son TEIRESIAS, the blind prophet GUARD, set to watch the corpse of Polyneices FIRST MESSENGER SECOND MESSENGER
