Antigone Quote 4

"But high and mighty words and ways are flogged to humbleness, till age, beaten to its knees, at last is wise"(Sophocles 252).

This message from the chorus speaks volumes about what power can do to make you unwise. People with power, who are high and mighty, never learn to mend their ways until it is too late. Also, they become wise to how they should have been, however, at this point the time to change has long since passed. In the case of Creon, he held his own judgement with high regard until at the very end of the play, he seems to the see the light. However, at this point it is too late because he has already caused the death of his prospective daughter in law, son , and wife. He is wise to how he should have been, in the end, once his chances to mend things are dead. This is also a sort of lesson to live by because it shows us how we should not ever become too clouded by success to listen to advice, and never too stubborn in our ways to hear the opinions of others. Both Oedipus the King and Antigone both ended with strong choral messages that give life lessons about how we should live our lives.