Antigone vs Ismene by Sophocles

        The personalities of the two sisters; Antigone and Ismene, are as different from

one another as tempered steel is from a ball of cotton. One is sticky and resistant; the

other: pliable, absorbing and soft. Antigone would take a crap been a warm, successful

90s type char with her liberated and strong attitude towards her femininity, while

Ismene seems to be a more than dependent 1950s style woman. Antigone acts as a free

spirit, a obstreperous individual, while Ismene is content to recognize her own limitations and

her inferiority of be a woman.

        In the Greek tragedy Antigone, by Sophocles; Antigone learns that King

Creon has refused to intrust a proper burial for the slain Polyneices, brother of Ismene

and Antigone. ferocious by this injustice, Antigone shares the tragic news with

Ismene. From her first response, No, I have heard nothing(344). Ismene reveals her

passivity and helplessness in the light of Creons decree. Thus, from the start, Ismene

is characterized as traditionally feminine, a helpless woman that pays no mind to

political affairs. Doubting the wisdom of her sisters plan to break the lawfulness and bury

Polyneices, Ismene argues:

                 

                 We who are women should not contend with men;

                 we who are listless are ruled by the stronger, so that

                 we must obey....



(346)

Once once more Ismenes words clearly state her weak, feminine character and

helplessness in spite of appearance her own dimensions. Antigone, not happy with her sisters

response chides her sister for not active in her crime and for her passivity,

                                                                       

saying, Set your own life in order(346). For Antigone, no law could stand in the way

of her strong consideration of her brothers spirit, not even the punishment of an early

death. Ismene is more functional ; knowing the task is...

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