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Why do Antigone and Ismene quarrel as the play opens?
That Antigone prefers to respect the eternal commands of the gods for below ground burials and funeral services for all Thebans and that Ismene prefers to respect her uncle's blasphemous law that...
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What is Ismene's quote in 'Antigone'?
In her first appearance, Ismene tells her sister Antigone that she has no idea what is being done or said since the sorrowful news of the deaths of their brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices. She says...
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Is Antigone or Ismene the protagonist in '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...
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What does Antigone want Ismene to do in 'Antigone'?
Help her bury their brother is what Antigone wants Ismene to do in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Polyneices' body is denied its divinely guaranteed right to...
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What is a quote from antigone from antigone?
"I shall be content to lie beside a brother whom I love. We have only a little time to please the living, but all eternity to love the dead" she says this as planning to bury her brother Polynices...