The Relationship Between Antigone And Ismene - 800 Words

Mauricio Posos P.5 Antigone Questions 1-5 1. The relationship between Antigone and Ismene is close because they are both sisters but at the same time their relationship isn’t that strong. One of reasons they are foils to each other is because of their disagreement about burying the body of their brother Polyneices. Antigone already knows that she is willing to die to let her brother rest in peace but Ismene on the other isn’t on her side, instead she doesn’t want to help Antigone because she want to face the consequences that come with burying Polyneices. Antigone and Ismene are foils to each other because on one hand Antigone is willing to defy the orders of the king who has power over her, while her†¦show more content†¦3. Haemon’s role in the play is to be the peacemaker, as he questions his father’s decision on punishing Antigone for putting her brother to rest. You can tell that Haemon has feelings for Antigone since he is trying to defend her against his father but Antigone d oesn’t have the same feelings for him. Another reason to why Haemon was the peacemaker in the play is because he threatened his father that if anything happened to Antigone he was going to kill himself and his father didn’t take him seriously. I would say that the lesson is to not hold any grudges against people who are trying to make an unjust thing into a just thing and to also not be stubborn. To also be flexible and be willing change your decision if other people don’t agree completely with you. 4. The Greeks would consider Antigone more virtuous than Creon because she is breaking a law and is willing to die for her brother while Creon is letting the animals eat his body and scatter the bone far, far away. 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