Monologue

Chorus Monologue from Antigone

From Antigone by Sophocles

any · melancholic · 1:11 min

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(Str.) Love resistless in fight, all yield at a glance of thine eye, Love who pillowed all night on a maiden’s cheek dost lie, Over the upland holds. Shall mortals not yield to thee? (Ant). Mad are thy subjects all, and even the wisest heart Straight to folly will fall, at a touch of thy poisoned dart. Thou didst kindle the strife, this feud of kinsman with kin, By the eyes of a winsome wife, and the yearning her heart to win. For as her consort still, enthroned with Justice above, Thou bendest man to thy will, O all invincible Love. Lo I myself am borne aside, From Justice, as I view this bride. (O sight an eye in tears to drown) Antigone, so young, so fair, Thus hurried down Death’s bower with the dead to share.

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The Chorus reflects on the powerful and destructive nature of love, lamenting the tragic fate of Antigone as she faces death and the consequences of familial loyalty.

any · longing · love · death · fate · family

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