"I will bury him myself. And even if I die in the act, that death will be a glory an outrage sacred to the gods! ... I will suffer nothing as great as death without glory.... It is she who will be the puppeteer, laying out and directing the plans, while Macbeth will be a mere puppet, executing her orders. ... When questioned how she had the gall to break the law, Antigone replied, "These laws - I was not about to break them, not out of fear of some man's wounded pride, and face the retribution of the godsAnd if I am to die before my time I consider that a gainThis is nothing. ...

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