Antigone and Ismene; sisters torn by family and state. Ismene, fearing her life and the diction of the state flees from her family values. Antigone, with great courage and bound by a strong love opposes the state to stand for what she believes is right. Not that Ismene is wrong, but Antigone holds true to her values to the very end.
The situation arises when Polynices brother to Antigone and Ismene participates in a strike against the state. Polynices, dying in battle was denied proper burial rites and left to rot outside the city gates. It was king Creon's decree that whoever gave him proper burial shall be stoned outside the city walls.
Despite the decree, Antigone decides "he (Creon) has no right to keep me
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