are contradistinction of each other. In the time of the Greece's Golden Age of Drama,
women did not have the ability to speak what was on their minds. Antigone is an
outspoken person," Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way" (l.26). Antigone will
not at all let anyone get in her way to bury her brother Polyneices, not even Creon.
Antigone does not mind her words. "Oh, tell it. Tell Everyone!" (l.76). When Ismene
tells her that she will keep the secret of her burying Polyneices, Antigone reveals that
she wants everyone to know what she is about to do. Antigone knows what she desires
and does not care what others thinks of her. She says, "I am not afraid of the danger, if it means
death" (l.87). Antigone has no fear of death coming in the way of what she wants to
accomplish. On the other hand, Ismene is opposite compared to her sister Antigone.
Ismene has a personality that she will pleases anyone, rather then herself. She cares what
other people will think of her "But think of the danger! Think what Creon will do! (l.35)
She does not believe that her sister Antigone will bury her dead brother, Polyneices. "I have
no strength to break the law that was made for the public good" (l.66). She does not have the
courage to join with her sister Antigone. Ismene is not the muscling person in the play, she has
trouble believing what she things is right. When Antigone is going to be sentences to death, Ismene
says, "What do I care for life when you are dead" (l.156). She comes to her sense that life without her
"armor," Antigone, she is a nonentity in the world. Laws to follow are a main part of the Ancient Greek belief system. Antigone's main goal in the
play is to bury her brother Polyneices. Antigone tells her sister about that "Creon
buried...their brother Eteocles" (l.32), She knows that is the right thing to do. However, Polyneices will
not get the proper burial to go the underworld. Antigon's loyalty to the gods is as strong
as her devotion to her family. When she appeals to her sister for help in burying
Polyneices, she explains the plan she has in mind: "But I will bury him; and if I must die,/
I say that this crime is holy"(l.88). Antigone defends her love to her family and says this comes
before the laws. Proclaiming that she will "bury the brother I love" (l.69) even if it brings death,
shows her strong beliefs. Antigone tells Creon, "That rules the world below makes no such laws"(l.66)
that when death comes, his laws will not be important to the gods. On the other hand, Ismene follows the
laws of the man. She does not have the