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[enter blind teiresias, led by a boy. the opening speeches of teiresias should be in singsong contrast to the realistic lines of creon.]

teiresias: this is the way the blind man comes,
princes, princes,
lock-step, two heads lit by the eyes of one.

creon: what new thing have you to tell us, old teiresias?

teiresias: i have much to tell you: listen to the prophet, creon.

creon: i am not aware that i have ever failed to listen. line number 5

teiresias: then you have done wisely, king, and ruled well.

creon: i admit my debt to you. but what have you to say?

teiresias: this, creon: you stand once more on the edge
of fate.

creon: what do you mean? your words are a kind of dread.

teiresias: listen, creon: line number 10
i was sitting in my chair of augury, at the place
where the birds gather about me. they were all a-chatter,
as is their habit, when suddenly i heard
a strange note in their jangling, a scream, a
whirring fury; i knew that they were fighting, line number 15
tearing each other, dying
in a whirlwind of wings clashing. and i was afraid.
i began the rites of burnt offering at the altar,
but hephaestos failed me: instead of bright flame,
there was only the sputtering slime of the fat thigh flesh line number 20
melting: the entrails dissolved in gray smoke,
the bare bone burst from the welter. and no blaze!
this was a sign from heaven. my boy described it,
seeing for me as i see for others.
i tell you, creon, you yourself have brought line number 25
this new calamity upon us. our hearths and altars
are stained with the corruption of dogs and carrion birds
that glut themselves on the corpse of oedipus’ son.
the gods are deaf when we pray to them, their fire
recoils from our offering, their birds of omen line number 30
have no cry of comfort, for they are gorged
with the thick blood of the dead.
o my son,
these are no trifles! think: all men make mistakes,
but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, line number 35
and repairs the evil. the only crime is pride.
give in to the dead man, then: do not fight with a corpse—
what glory is it to kill a man who is dead?
think, i beg you:
it is for your own good that i speak as i do. line number 40
you should be able to yield for your own good.

creon: it seems that prophets have made me their
especial province.
all my life long
i have been a kind of butt for the dull arrows
of doddering fortune tellers! line number 45
no, teiresias:
if your birds—if the great eagles of god himself
should carry him stinking bit by bit to heaven,
i would not yield. i am not afraid of pollution:
no man can defile the gods. line number 50
do what you will,
go into business, make money, speculate
in india gold or that synthetic gold from sardis,
get rich otherwise than by my consent to bury him.
teiresias, it is a sorry thing when a wise man line number 55
sells his wisdom, lets out his words for hire!

teiresias: ah creon! is there no man left in the world—

creon: to do what? —come, let’s have the aphorism!

teiresias: no man who knows that wisdom outweighs
any wealth?



when identifying theme, we must look at the subject of the text and what the overall story says about this subject. critique what you think is the theme of antigone focusing on scene 5. make connections between the characters and their dialogue and how they influence the conflict. write two to three paragraphs providing textual evidence and drawing conclusions between what we studied in class and your own thoughts.