Nantigone, creon has to pay for his hubris at the end of the play. which lines from the play reflect creon’s realization of the tragedy he has brought to thebes? creon: i am the guilty cause. i did the deed, thy murderer. yea, i guilty plead. my henchmen, lead me hence, away, away, a cipher, less than nothing; no delay! second messenger: sorrows are thine, my lord [creon], and more to come, one lying at thy feet, another yet more grievous waits thee, when thou comest home. creon: i go hot-foot. bestir ye one and all, my henchmen! get ye axes! speed away to yonder eminence! i too will go, for all my resolution this way sways. second messenger: 'tis true that thou wert charged by the dead queen as author of both deaths, hers and her son's.