"This girl's an enemy; away with her, and let her go and find a mate in Hades." (144)

~Why does Creon assume she will receive punishment from the gods in the afterlife? Is he assuming the gods agree with him, or is he putting words in the gods' mouths?

"Antigone: When I have tried and failed, i shall have failed,
Ismene: No sense in starting on a hopeless task." (129)

~Why is Ismene trying so hard to dissuade Antigone from burying Polynices? Is she just afraid of Creon's order or does she agree with him?