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Why won't Antigone let Ismene join her in her sentence?

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Why won't Antigone let Ismene join her in her sentence?

Antigone and Ismene:

Antigone is a classical Greek tragedy, a part of the Oedipus trilogy written by playwright Sophocles. The title character and her sister Ismene are the daughters of Oedipus, who comes to a tragic end in another of Sophocles' plays.

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At the end of Antigone, the title character is sentenced to death by King Creon for attempting to give her brother a proper burial after being...

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Ismene in Antigone

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Chapter 3 / Lesson 10
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Read about the play "Antigone" by Sophocles and learn why Ismene and Antigone had a conflict. Explore Ismene's character traits through her actions in the play.


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