At least your choice was not made without my protests.AntigoneOne world approved your wisdom, another approved mine.IsmeneNevertheless, the offense is identical for both of us.AntigoneTake heart! You live. But my life has long been in Death’s hands so that I might serve the dead.CreonOne of these maidens, I declare, has just revealed her foolishness; the other has displayed it from the moment of her birth.IsmeneYes, Creon. Whatever amount of reason nature may have given them does not remain with those in dire straits, but goes astray.