In 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.


-Answer can only be one of the above- Please and thank you :)