AS.225.215 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Polynices, Haemon
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Soon i shall be with my own again. And i shall see my father again, and you, mother, That washed him clean and poured the ritual wine: And my reward is death before my time! A(cid:374)d yet, as (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s hearts k(cid:374)o(cid:449), i ha(cid:448)e do(cid:374)e (cid:374)o (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g, Lies upon creon who judged me, then, i pray, Antigone is, after all, a woman who has dared to defy a king. But courage is not on her mind now. Instead, antigone is thinking of the great sadness that she now feels that will continue to deepen as she waits for death, without anyone by her side. Her fate reminds antigone of niobe, whose unending tears flowed even after she was turned to stone for bragging about her children. Unlike the immortal niobe, though, antigone is, as the chorus reminds her, mortal: persephone= queen of the underworld.
