Antigone: Important Quotes Flashcards
Antigone speaking to Creon about the power of the gods
I did not think your edicts strong enough
To overrule the unwritten unalterable laws
Of God and heaven, you being only a man
Creon about obeying rulers
He whom the State appoints must be obeyed
To the smallest matter, be it right - or wrong
Ismene disagrees with disobeying Creon
How could you dare when Creon has expressly forbidden it!
Antigone is proud of burying her brother, Polynices
I have given my brother burial, what greater honour could I wish?
Ismene believes that women should obey their male family leaders
We are women; it is not for us to fight against men; our rulers are stronger than we, and we must obey in this or in worse than this
Antigone decides to bury her brother
I will bury my brother; and if I die for it, what happiness!
Haemon saying that children should respect and obey their parents
I am your son, sir: by your wise decisions my life is ruled and them I shall always obey
In not burying Polynices, Ismene will____
Live, and defy the holiest laws of heaven
Creon being sexist
the proper place for women
least of all for a woman
Teiresias’ advice to Creon about leadership
only a fool is governed by self will
Creon in his speech about seeking advice
a king whose lips are sealed by fear unwilling to seek advice is damned
Creon at the end
I am nothing. I have no life.
Antigone about her womanly duty
I know my duty, where my true duty lies.
Creon’s decree about Polynices
He is to have no grave, no burial, no mourning from anyone; it is forbidden
Pericles’ quote about following religious laws
We give our obedience to … those unwritten laws which it is an acknowledged shame to break
