sondheimdyke:virgin-martyr:excerpt from Antigone by Jean Anouilh (trans. Lewis Galantiere) [Text ID:
sondheimdyke:virgin-martyr:excerpt from Antigone by Jean Anouilh (trans. Lewis Galantiere) [Text ID: Creon. Why did you try to bury your brother?Antigone. I owed it to him.Creon. I had forbidden it.Antigone. I owed it to him. Those who are not buried wander eternally and find no rest. If my brother were alive, and he came home weary after a long day’s hunting, I should kneel down and unlace his boots, I should fetch him food and drink, I should see that his bed was ready for him. Polynices is home from the hunt. I owe it to him to unlock the house of the dead in which my father and my mother are waiting to welcome him. Polynices has earned his rest.Creon. Polynices was a rebel and a traitor, and you know it.Antigone. He was my brother /end ID] -- source link
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