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No, Ismene is not the protagonist in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene is one of the main characters since she has a name and interacts with the other main characters. But the protagonist is the main character around whom the play's action revolves. That description fits Ismene's sister, Theban Princess Antigone.
Fear of the consequences is the reason for Ismene's refusal in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone asks her sister Ismene to help her break a royal edict and bury their brother Polyneices. Ismene does not want to help since an act of defiance will be met with a punitive reaction. Ismene in fact fears the consequences since the punishment is the humiliating, painful death by being pelted by stone-throwing Theban peers.
No, Ismene admits fear, practicality and youth instead of fear when she turns her back on her sister in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene refuses to help her sister Antigone bury their brother Polyneices. She is practical in her fear since the crime carries the death sentence. Additionally, she shows her youth since Antigone as a young engaged woman must be older than Ismene who is single and unspoken for.
It is from lacking to finding courage that Ismene changes since the beginning of "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene is not a risk taker. She observes that burying her brother Polyneices and receiving the death sentence from her uncle King Creon are outside her comfort zone. She prefers to follow and obey men than to protect the rights of a vulnerable family member. But she realizes in her second interaction that playing it safe makes life lonely without her courageous sister. She stands up for herself and Antigone.
Ismene refuses to help Antigone bury the body in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene is the younger sister of Princess Antigone and of twin brothers Eteocles and Polyneices. Eteocles and Polyneices kill each other, and Eteocles receives a below-ground burial and proper funeral rites, both of which are denied to Polyneices. Antigone wants to bury Polyneices and will have to do so alone since Ismene refuses to help.
No, Ismene is not the protagonist in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene is one of the main characters since she has a name and interacts with the other main characters. But the protagonist is the main character around whom the play's action revolves. That description fits Ismene's sister, Theban Princess Antigone.
Fear of the consequences is the reason for Ismene's refusal in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone asks her sister Ismene to help her break a royal edict and bury their brother Polyneices. Ismene does not want to help since an act of defiance will be met with a punitive reaction. Ismene in fact fears the consequences since the punishment is the humiliating, painful death by being pelted by stone-throwing Theban peers.
No, Ismene admits fear, practicality and youth instead of fear when she turns her back on her sister in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene refuses to help her sister Antigone bury their brother Polyneices. She is practical in her fear since the crime carries the death sentence. Additionally, she shows her youth since Antigone as a young engaged woman must be older than Ismene who is single and unspoken for.
It is from lacking to finding courage that Ismene changes since the beginning of "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene is not a risk taker. She observes that burying her brother Polyneices and receiving the death sentence from her uncle King Creon are outside her comfort zone. She prefers to follow and obey men than to protect the rights of a vulnerable family member. But she realizes in her second interaction that playing it safe makes life lonely without her courageous sister. She stands up for herself and Antigone.
Antigone is the protagonist and Ismene is minor among the main characters in the play "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the protagonist is the main character around whom the play's action centers. This description fits Antigone's since it is her act of disobedience to one law and obedience to another that defines the course of all other actions and decisions in the play. Ismene is her sister's sounding board and does nothing to affect the course of events.
Ismene refuses to help Antigone bury the body in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene is the younger sister of Princess Antigone and of twin brothers Eteocles and Polyneices. Eteocles and Polyneices kill each other, and Eteocles receives a below-ground burial and proper funeral rites, both of which are denied to Polyneices. Antigone wants to bury Polyneices and will have to do so alone since Ismene refuses to help.
That she is Antigone's sister and that she is uncharacteristically upset are the reasons why Creon includes Ismene in the sentence in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon knows that Princess Antigone is the culprit in the burying of her brother Polyneices. To his way of thinking, the criminal and the crime fit perfectly since Antigone has a lifelong track record of folly. But at the same time, in his mind, the two do not fit regarding Ismene, who has a lifelong track record of wisdom.
Antigone believes that Ismene is a traitor to her family becausy she doesn't want to help Antigone bury their brother Polynieces. Ismene cares more about herself thatn her brother's afterlife.
That he believes in her innocence is the reason why Creon does not have Ismene killed in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon reluctantly has his niece, Princess Ismene, arrested for helping her sister, Princess Antigone, bury their brother Polyneices. Creon hesitates since he considers Ismene as never being any other than wise. But he misinterprets a time when he sees out of control. Under the influence of the chorus leader, he reverses his decision regarding her, but not her sister.
That Ismene has no right to share in the blame or the punishment is what Antigone says in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone deliberately breaks a royal edict that honors god-given rights to a below-ground burial for her brother Eteocles but denies them to her brother Polyneices. She asks Ismene for help in burying Polyneices and is turned down. At her trial and sentencing, she announces that she alone deserves punishment since Ismene is innocent of being an accessory to a crime for which she therefore deserves neither blame nor punishment.
Creon decided to only sentence Antigone to death; since Ismene wasn't guilty he just lets her free.
Fear, practicality and survivalism are ways in which Ismene's refusal to help Antigone bury Polyneices best can be explained in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene does not favor burying her brother Polyneices since that burial is forbidden by her uncle King Creon's recent edict of non-burial. She undoubtedly is younger than her more assertive sister, Princess Antigone, who already is engaged to be married. That youth makes Ismene understandably hesitant about risky endeavors. But at the same time a surprising practicality negates her inexperience and young years.