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Antigone Quotes Fina
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| “And now you can prove what you are: A true sister, or a traitor to your family" | Antigone |
| "Think how much more terrible than these Our own death would be if we should go against Creon And do what he has forbidden! We are only women, We cannot fight with men | Ismene |
| "The law is strong, we must give in to the law" | Ismene |
| " I say that this crime is holy...It is the dead Not the living, who make the longest demands" | Antigone |
| "friends made at the risk of wrecking our Ship are not real friends at all" | Creon |
| "no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man." | Creon |
| "from the every beginning There have been those who have whispered together, Stiff -necked anarchists, putting their heads together, Scheming against me in alleys" | Creon |
| "It was not God's proclamation. That final Justice That rules the world below makes no such laws." | Antigone |
| "That is the way to behave: subordinate Everything else, my son, to your father's will" | Creon |
| "Anarchy, Anarchy! show me a greater evil! This is why cities tumble and the great houses rain down, This is what scatters armies" | Creon |
| "Reason is God's crowing gift to man, and you are right To warn me against losing mine" | Haimon |
| "In flood time you can see how some trees bend" | Haimon |
| "It is not reason never to yield to reason" | Haimon |
| "I have done no wrong, I have not sinned before God.." | Antigone |
| "Our hearths and altars Are stained with corruption of dogs and carrion birds..." | Teirresias |
| "Give in to the deed man, then: do not fight with a corpse..." | Teirresias |
| "Go into business, make money..." | Creon |
| "Then take this, and take it to the heart!" | Teirresias |
| The old man has gone, King, but his words Remain to plague us..." | Teirresias |
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