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In the play 'Antigone', the main character of the same name experiences the loss of her twin brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, in an armed struggle. She faces the challenge of burying her brother, on her own and against manmade laws. For she feels the pain of one brother being given the proper funeral of a loyal Theban dead, and the other being denied that god-given right. She has the heartbreak of seeing her betrothal to her first cousin Haemon ended, and of knowing that she won't live to enjoy the love of a husband or children. She knows the humiliation of shameful treatment from her sister Ismene, and from her uncle, Theban King Creon. She passes from life to the cold darkness of a walled up, isolated cave. Ultimately, she overcomes these hardships, and more, by taking her own life. The play doesn't give much information over the imprisonment of Antigone other than to let readers know that she commits suicide by hanging herself with her own halter.

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