n Antigone, Creon has to pay for his hubris at the end of the play. Which lines from the play reflect Creon’s realization of the tragedy he has brought to Thebes? CREON: I am the guilty cause. I did the deed, Thy murderer. Yea, I guilty plead. My henchmen, lead me hence, away, away, A cipher, less than nothing; no delay! SECOND MESSENGER: Sorrows are thine, my lord [Creon], and more to come, One lying at thy feet, another yet More grievous waits thee, when thou comest home. CREON: I go hot-foot. Bestir ye one and all, My henchmen! Get ye axes! Speed away To yonder eminence! I too will go, For all my resolution this way sways. SECOND MESSENGER: 'Tis true that thou wert charged by the dead Queen As author of both deaths, hers and her son's.
