Monologue

Teiresias Monologue from Antigone

From Antigone by Sophocles

male · dark · 1:20 min

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I go, but first will tell thee why I came. Thy frown I dread not, for thou canst not harm me. Hear then: this man whom thou hast sought to arrest With threats and warrants this long while, the wretch Who murdered Laius—that man is here. He passes for an alien in the land But soon shall prove a Theban, native born. And yet his fortune brings him little joy; For blind of seeing, clad in beggar’s weeds, For purple robes, and leaning on his staff, To a strange land he soon shall grope his way. And of the children, inmates of his home, He shall be proved the brother and the sire, Of her who bare him son and husband both, Co-partner, and assassin of his sire. Go in and ponder this, and if thou find That I have missed the mark, henceforth declare I have no wit nor skill in prophecy. (Exeunt TEIRESIAS and OEDIPUS)

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Teiresias, the blind prophet, confronts Creon to reveal the tragic fate awaiting Oedipus, emphasizing the inescapable nature of destiny and the complexities of familial ties.

60 and up · fear · fate · identity · family · betrayal

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