You can never marry her, not while she is still alive.HaemonThen she will die, and in death destroy another.CreonWhat! Does your audacity run to open threats?HaemonHow is it a threat to speak against empty plans?CreonYou will regret your unwise instructions in wisdom.HaemonIf you were not my father, I would have called you insane.CreonYou woman’s slave, do not try to cajole me.HaemonDo you want to have your say and then have done without a reply?CreonIs that so? By Olympus above—know this well—you will have no joy for taunting me over and above your censures. Bring out that hated thing, so that with him looking on she may die right now in her bridegroom’s presence and at his side!HaemonNo, not at my side will she die—do not ever imagine it. Nor shall you ever look at me and set eyes on my face again. Indulge in your madness now with whomever of your friends can endure it.Exit Haemon.ChorusThe man is gone, King Creon, in anger and haste. A young mind is fierce when stung.CreonLet him do—no!—let him plan something more immense than befits a man. Farewell to him! Still he will not save these two girls from death.ChorusThen the pair of them, you really intend to kill them both?CreonNot the one who did not put her hands to the burial. You are right.ChorusAnd by what mode of death do you mean to kill the other?