Ismene

This is a quote from Ismene from the story "Antigone". "Antigone! Dear sister! Think how hated our father was when he died. How full of shame! He had committed such shame and such sins that, after bringing them all to the light, he gouged out both his eyes! Then she, who bore the double name of mother and wife, took her own life with a rope. Then, both our poor brothers perished in the one day, each of them killing the other with his own hand. And so, now we two are left all alone. Think what awful end we can expect if we go against Creon’s law!

After all Antigone, don’t forget, we are mere women, we can’t fight against men!"

This quote from Ismene shows that she is afraid of Creon and of the laws of Thebes. Therefore although she wants to bury her brother, she can't because she does not want to disobey Creon as well as go against the law. She is pretty much torn between honoring her brother and obeying the law.
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