Antigone

In Antigone’s speech on page 1035, lines 57 through 74, welcomes death and proclaims that the universal law is more important to her than the temporal ones. Creon’s edict goes against the laws of the God’s, and Antigone fears the Gods more than she fears Creon. Her tone starts out strong and bold when she says, “I dared” (1035) as her first sentence. Those words aggravate Creon more. There is a break in the text between lines 63 and 64 that signal a new tone. The tone changes to a more solemn one as she talks about death. She tries to...