Scene 10

Question 1

Creon: And my city turns her back on me…

Answer 1

Little sister, my little fish. Where are you now? Where did you go?

Question 2

Little sister, my little fish. Where are you now? Where did you go?

Answer 2

Who will curl up beside me with her head in my lap? Who will scratch for a story to soothe her to sleep? Come back, little one, come back.

Question 3

Who will curl up beside me with her head in my lap? Who will scratch for a story to soothe her to sleep? Come back, little one, come back.

Answer 3

I hid in the room the day you were born. I saw you open your mouth and suck your first breath. Me.

Question 4

I hid in the room the day you were born. I saw you open your mouth and suck your first breath. Me.

Answer 4

I was the one. Not Polyneices. Not Eteocles. Me. You never knew that before.

Question 5

I was the one. Not Polyneices. Not Eteocles. Me. You never knew that before.

Answer 5

Polyneices is buried now. I’m all that’s left. Only me to keep on. But I have no family and nothing to hold onto.

Question 6

Polyneices is buried now. I’m all that’s left. Only me to keep on. But I have no family and nothing to hold onto.

Answer 6

Did you know a whole crowd of people was waiting by the road? They wanted to cheer you when you walked out of your prison in triumph. It might have happened. There’s so much that might have happened.

Question 7

Did you know a whole crowd of people was waiting by the road? They wanted to cheer you when you walked out of your prison in triumph. It might have happened. There’s so much that might have happened.

Answer 7

It’s quiet now. In another minute, the sun will crack through the night sky and the people will go about their usual business: eating, working, fighting, playing, cooking, buying and selling.

Question 8

It’s quiet now. In another minute, the sun will crack through the night sky and the people will go about their usual business: eating, working, fighting, playing, cooking, buying and selling.

Answer 8

Wait. Ssh. Did you hear that? It’s a jackhammer. And that. A truck mixing cement. They’ve started to rebuild.

Question 9

Wait. Ssh. Did you hear that? It’s a jackhammer. And that. A truck mixing cement. They’ve started to rebuild.

Answer 9

I want to see it. I want to watch them clear the rubble, stone by stone, and see the buildings rise.

Question 10

I want to see it. I want to watch them clear the rubble, stone by stone, and see the buildings rise.

Answer 10

How can I resist life? I can’t. I can’t resist life.