#ugh i miss anouilh i should reread him
“CREON: I want to save you, Antigone. ANTIGONE: You are the king, and you are all-powerful. But that you cannot do. CREON: You think not? ANTIGONE: Neither save me nor stop me. CREON: Prideful Antigone! Little Oedipus!”— Jean Anouilh, Antigone (tr. Lewis Galantière)