An internal conflict exist in Ismene for not trying to help her sister when first asked; the internal conflict becomes the reason for her trying to take some blame in the acts Antigone done herself. The daughters of Oedipus Rex mirror each other when it comes to the importance of loyalty to family or to the law. Antigone and Ismene obtain the penalty of death; Creon relents on the executing of Ismene. Before Creon relented, Ismene gets scorned by Antigone for her latest attempt of righteousness. Consistently believing in loyalty, Ismene chose the loyalty to her family. Even though she made a late decision that Antigone rejects, she still remains loyal to her family by offering her help after she denied it to Antigone the first
An internal conflict exist in Ismene for not trying to help her sister when first asked; the internal conflict becomes the reason for her trying to take some blame in the acts Antigone done herself. The daughters of Oedipus Rex mirror each other when it comes to the importance of loyalty to family or to the law. Antigone and Ismene obtain the penalty of death; Creon relents on the executing of Ismene. Before Creon relented, Ismene gets scorned by Antigone for her latest attempt of righteousness. Consistently believing in loyalty, Ismene chose the loyalty to her family. Even though she made a late decision that Antigone rejects, she still remains loyal to her family by offering her help after she denied it to Antigone the first