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- In the prologue, Antigone asks her sister Ismene to help her bury their brother, and Ismene tries to convince Antigone not to go and break the law, for they are only women.
- But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear to him as he to me. (55-58)
- We are only women; we cannot fight with men, Antigone! The law is strong, we must give into the law in this thing, and in worse. (46-49)
- Go then, if you feel you must. You areunwise, but a loyal friend indeed to those who love you.
- In the prologue, as Antigone leaves, Ismene says that she is unwise for foolishly breaking the law, but she stays true to her morals to the end.
- The chorus is painting out the idea that the laws should be upheld. Regardless of morals or how Antigone feels the laws are what keeps the city in check.
- When the laws are kept, how proudly his city stands!When the laws are broken, what of his city then?(21-22)
- Antigone goes to pay respects to the body of her brother Polyneices, even if only a little, because those are her morals.
- Antigone explains that no matter what laws that Creon puts in place, they all mean nothing before God.
- Your edict, King, was strong, but all your strength is weakness itself against the unrecorded laws of god. (60-61)
- In scene 4, Creon is shocked by the prophecy that is told to him by the fortune teller, showing that the gods will not let his disrespectful acts go unpunished.
- Creon, you yourself have brought this calamity upon us. You denied the gods below us the child that belongs to them, Your house will be filled with death and sorrow very soon, if you refuse to act swiftly.
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