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Even though Antigone feels sorry for herself, she still thinks she did nothing wrong. As Antigone is being led to toward the vault, she is talking to the Chorus about her death. She complains that she will die “‘Unwept, friendless, with no marriage hymn, unfortunate, I am taken down the prepared road”’ (4.882-884). She keeps complaining throughout the whole walk with the Chorus. Antigone feels that she will die unlamented, but the Chorus thinks she will be remembered for her bravery. The Chorus thinks that her anger is what led her to her own demise, but thinks she did the right thing. When they approach Creon, he still doesn’t change his mind, but Antigone doesn’t care because Polyneices was the only family left, so she had to bury him. The

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