A central idea in Part 4 of Antigone is that Creon’s prideful actions have offended the gods and, for violating their laws, he will be punished.
Which lines from the play best support this idea?
Select all that apply.
Responses
TEIRESIAS
Then understand this well—you will not see
the sun race through its cycle many times
before you lose a child of your own loins,
a corpse in payment for these corpses.
TEIRESIAS
[I]n your arrogance
you’ve moved a living soul into a grave. …
And so destroying avengers wait for you,
Furies of Hades and the gods, who’ll see
you caught up in this very wickedness.
CHORUS LEADER
My lord, my lord, such dreadful prophecies—
and now he’s gone. Since my hair changed color
from black to white, I know here in the city
he’s never uttered a false prophecy.
TEIRESIAS
No bird will shriek out a clear sign to us,
for they have gorged themselves on fat and blood
from a man who’s dead.
- TEIRESIAS: "Then understand this well—you will not see
the sun race through its cycle many times
before you lose a child of your own loins,
a corpse in payment for these corpses."
- TEIRESIAS: "[I]n your arrogance
you’ve moved a living soul into a grave. …
And so destroying avengers wait for you,
Furies of Hades and the gods, who’ll see
you caught up in this very wickedness."
- CHORUS LEADER: "My lord, my lord, such dreadful prophecies—
and now he’s gone. Since my hair changed color
from black to white, I know here in the city
he’s never uttered a false prophecy."
- TEIRESIAS: "No bird will shriek out a clear sign to us,
for they have gorged themselves on fat and blood
from a man who’s dead."