Antigone And Ismene Compare And Contrast

It was the end of another long school day when I first heard those words. My kindergartener self and my then first grade sister were squabbling in the backseat of our grandmother’s car about something so insignificant that I can’t even recall what it was. What my grandmother told us has stayed with us forever, “Be nice to each other. That’s the only sister you have.” These words were often repeated, also by our mother, although in a more exasperated manner when our voices were raised in a fight, and holds true today. Although my sister and I couldn’t be any more different, we can depend on each other in this crazy world.

The differences we have in ourselves often leads to disagreement with one another but I know we still have the best intentions at heart. My sister is good with people and has tried to get me to watch Gossip girl whereas I’m more reserved, book-orientated, and have unsuccessfully tried for the hundredth time to get my sister to watch the Waking Dead. We are even asked by people if we are really sisters since we bear little physical resemblance as my sister inherited our mom’s Hispanic features and I my Dad’s white ones. Despite this, it is the two of us against the world when the occasion calls for it. When my sister got …show more content…
Whereas Ismene is rule-abiding and more timid, Antigone is defiant and fearless just as how my sister and I are very different. Nonetheless, when Antigone needed help, she came to her sister, whose refusal can even be seen as an act of love as the interpretations of the play is dependent upon an actor’s portrayal. Perhaps Ismene’s choice to not bury her bother and convince Antigone otherwise was to avoid the punishment of death. By then, both sisters had witness the demise of nearly their entire family, Ismene was trying to cling onto who she still had. When it was clear her sister was ordered to die, she attempted to implicate herself in the crime to die by her