Summary

Antigone (Winston) comes out, wearing “the wig, the necklace of nails, and a blanket around his waist as a skirt” (225). Dialogue with Creon (John) establishes Antigone’s (Winston’s) identity, crime, and plea of guilty. Creon (John) then gives Antigone (Winston) a chance to speak in mitigation or self-defense. In further dialogue, Antigone (Winston) offers justification for her actions, saying that “what lay on the battlefield waiting for Hodoshe to turn rotten, belonged to God,” (226). Later in the speech, Antigone clarifies her reference to Hodoshe, referring to him as “the carrion fly” (226).

Creon (John) calls her words obstinacy, and insulting to the State. As he calls for her to suffer “full punishment” (226), Antigone (Winston) continues to define her actions in burying her brother as honorable, and tells Creon that the people feel the same way as she does, and would speak...