Antigone

             Throughout the play Antigone, by Sophocles, King Kreon showed signs that he would not be able to live with the conscience of the deaths of his family members. Even though he will not be able to live with conscience he is still responsible and assumes guilt for the deaths of Antigone, Haimon and Eurydice. As Kreon said towards the end of the play " Nobody else, it's my fault. I killed you. Me, really me. Men, take me away. Hurry, take me out of the way. I'm nobody, I'm nothing," (1507-1511) Kreon realizes that it is his fault and he should be blamed for the deaths. Another quote towards the end of the book is, "I have learned, and I am ruined. It was a god. Then, right then!" (1466-1467) This is another quote that is an example of Kreon illustrating the sorrow and the grief of the deaths and for being his fault. "...Take me away, a poor fool. I killed you both, son and wife. No, nowhere to look, not to lean, but slides from my hands.It leaps on me, it crushes..." (1525-1529) This is yet another quote showing the sadness from Kreon and how he is sorry that he has initiated the killings of Antigone, Haimon and Eurydice.
             " Nobody else, it's my fault. I killed you. Me, really me. Men, take me away. Hurry, take me out of the way. I'm nobody, I'm nothing." (1507-1511) This is a very powerful quote, which is in the end of the play when he wishes for the guards to take him away. He notices that he has done a bad thing and he will not be able to live with that feeling inside of him for the rest of his life. He says that the deaths were his fault, nobody else's.
             By the end of the plot, Kreon learned an important lesson. He realized that he had been wrong, and his son had been right. "I have learned, and I am ruined. It was a god. Then, right then!" (1466-1467). The gods became very angry with Kreon because he went agains...

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