Antigone Reading Assignment #1

Antigone- "And if you judge me fool, perhaps it is because a fool is judge." (211)

This quote is from the part of the passage when Creon is accusing Antigone of burying her disgraced brother. Antigone stands up to Creon, which is not customary of women of that time. This shows that Antigone is much like her father Oedipus, who is very opiniated and headstrong.

Is Heamon on Creon or Antigone's side? In one part of the reading he tells Creon that he is on the side of his father, as is customary; but in another part he defends Antigone and begins to argue on her behalf.