Antigone Quote by Sophocles Download Open image “Goodbye to the sun that shines for me no longer.” — Sophocles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Antigone Death Goodbye Shining Sun
Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place. — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
Another sun to shine. Another place of mine. If I could have my way I'd stay forever. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“This consideration takes us very close to what it is that makes Greek tragedy “tragic.” A play about an unambiguously heroic young woman, someone’s… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
“Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater. That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes, Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul, Pointing… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird, When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone." - Sentry” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Miss Havisham is an important feminine literary figure in the tradition of Antigone (though it's significant that Antigone is fighting to bury something and… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
“May the dead forgive me, I can do no other But as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a girl: Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor! Even the… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
What does it mean to be a used white wife, a mother, a tragic girl writing poems? Sandra Simonds gets into these messy words… — Juliana Spahr Copy Share Image
“Hail the sun! the brightest of all that ever Dawned on the City of Seven Gates, City of Thebes! Hail the golden dawn over… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The problem with Antigone is that she stood up to the despot Creon, but in such a way that she ended up dying. So… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
