Antigone
Life�s many ups and downs leads to many options
There are many decisions you will need to make in life. Decisions such as deciding whether or not to make a sacrifice for someone. Every day there are many sacrifices being made. In fact life requires sacrifices to be made. Sacrifices such as dying for someone or choosing something instead of another. People also make sacrifices for what they believe in such as their beliefs or religion. Many people choose to make sacrifices for the people they love and care for such as family and friends. In by Sophocles, chose to sacrifice her life so her brother�s soul would be safely put to rest.
was a very loving and caring sister to her ...
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says here, �I know my duty, where true duty lies,� (1.1.78).
Ismene was the other sister of and Polynices. She however, did not think that her family was important to her. told Ismene, �is he not my brother, and yours, whether you like it or not?, I shall never desert him, never,� (1.1.39) but still Ismene didn�t want to help. Well, maybe she did but she refused to help bury their brother because she didn�t want to sacrifice her life. She didn�t like the idea of going against her uncle�s orders like as she says here � you cannot mean....to bury him? Against the order,� (1.1.38). That showed that she didn�t have enough courage to go against the orders. However, towards the ending of the story she wanted to be a part of the burial but she wasn�t so she didn�t get any credit for it. however, did bury Polynices all by herself and then later committed suicide.
Many choose to make sacrifices for their loved ones. Now of course family should be the most important, except for ...
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