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What is the connection between the Parados and Antigone's and Ismene's conversations in 'Antigone'?
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∙ 12y ago
That the topic is Polyneices is the connection between the Parados and Antigone's and Ismene's conversation in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, sister Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene discuss the unburied status of their brother Polyneices' body. It distresses Antigone, but not Ismene, that their uncle King Creon denies their brother's body god-given rights of all Thebans to below ground burials. The chorus then enters and offers their biased justification for Creon's denial of Polyneices' rights. The members point the blame at Polyneices as a traitor who joins up with Argives to attack his own hometown of Thebes. They reveal just what they want to since Polyneices in fact is in the right for being denied his legitimate royal claim by the usurpers, his own twin brother Eteocles and his uncle Creon.
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Do you sympathize with Ismenes caution?
Yes, I sympathize with Ismene's caution. Particularly do I feel sympathy with her if what I suspect is true: she's the younger sister. Also do I feel sympathy with her because of the intolerability of the situation in which she finds herself. Does she respect her sovereign or her gods? Does she respect those who are dead or does she think of the survival of the family?
