Ismene

article Sophocles’ Antigone and Family Values, author Rush Rhem goes into detail about the significances of family values in Antigone. In the article it shows evidence that Ismene believes that her family has done so much harm to Thebes Antigone, and herself should follow any laws placed before them. Antigone’s beliefs differ from Ismene with that she feels as if she has a moral obligation to go against the law and lay her brother to rest. Perhaps the missing message in the play Antigone comes…

Even though it was prohibited, Antigone decided to disobey the state’s law and give her brother a proper burial. Antigone was not in the wrong to disobey Creon because she had the right to bury her brother and her brother deserved a respectful and proper burial so they could cherish their family. Every person deserves a humble burial. Even though Antigone was committing a crime according to the laws set by the state, to her it was a right thing to do because she was just following the will of…

blended masculine and feminine nature of Antigone that it would be necessary to have a less polarized structure and structure for gender. By in large Sophocles does stress the traditional roles for women in Antigone. He features them in the form of Ismene, and Eurydice who are traditional Greek women and play smaller roles in comparison to Antigone. She is the main role of women throughout the tragedy and as her masculine portrayal suggests she is powerful and decisive only as a male. She is not…

Ismene is a whole different story she only knows how to conform making it difficult for her to make her on choices and making her own ideas. In Logan Feys Article The Sociology of Leopard Man, Feys makes a great point by saying, “Conformity can be seen as…

mourn for him, but his body must lie in the fields”.(Ant.Pro.15) Antigone goes to her sister Ismene and asks her if she would help bury their brother [Eteocles]. As the conversation moves forward, it looks more and more like Ismene won’t help. Antigone keeps pushing Ismene; finally Ismene snaps and replies to Antigone with, “You are mad!”(emphasis added) Only a reaction to Antigone’s assertiveness Ismene offends Antigne to a point where antigone feels that she has to commit this crime to prove…

Ismene and Antigone both believed differently on the proper course of action following their brother’s death and the order against his burial. Both of their brothers died when they simultaneously killed each other- however king Kreon only allowed Eteokles to be buried honorably while Polyneices would not be buried. This is because Polyneices invaded Thebes with the hope of taking the throne from his brother. This act caused Kreon to consider him an enemy and criminal who deserved no respect or…

Antigone is an Ancient Greek tragedy written around 442 BCE that tells the story of the daughters of the deceased king Oedipus; Antigone and Ismene. Some other significant characters in this drama are Creon, Choragos, and Haimon. The conflict in this tragedy is caused by Oedipus's two sons Polyneices and Eteocles. Polyneices and Eteocles were at war with each other over the throne because Eteocles would not step down, and the two brothers ended up killing each other. When Oedipus died, his…

In Antigone, Ismene, Antigone's sister, serves as Antigone’s foil, actively trying to convince her to follow orders. When Antigone confesses to Ismene about her plans, the confidante does everything she can to convince her sister to stop, including telling Antigone that she is too impulsive, and should be more sensible- she is engaged to be married, and Creon has a mob after her! While Ismene does her best, she finally relents, in the end allowing Antigone…

Carpenter, our theater teacher, broke us up into groups of two or three and assigned us one scene from the play. I was paired up with Hailey and we were given the first scene in the play. I was assigned to the character Antigone and Hailey was assigned to Ismene, Antigone’s sister. Antigone is the story of two brothers and their sisters. The brothers, Polynices and Eteocles died while fighting on opposing sides of a civil war, in hopes of gaining control of the city, Thebes. Since both brothers…

starts with Antigone talking to her sister Ismene about the death of her brother Eteocles and Polynices and the unfairness of the king Creon. The conflict between Antigone and Creon starts when Antigone’s brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, kill each other in a battle. Since Polynices violated the laws, Creon orders that anyone who tries to bury Polynices will be stoned to death. When Antigone tries to convince her sister to help her burry Polynices, Ismene tells her sister that should obey Creon…