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Etocles and Polyneices, brothers, have killed each other over their lust to be king of Thebes. Their uncle Creon is the new king. It is his opinion that Polyneices is a traitor and should be shamed by leaving him unburied. Etocles however, is seen as a valiant nephew and will be given a burial ceremony. The play opens with a distressed Antigone appealing to her sister, Ismene, to help her bury Polyneices. Ismene however does not wish to disobey her uncle as this was treachery of the highest order in ancient Greece. However, it was also a family's obligation to bury relatives who had passed away. The burial of the dead was a requisite to enable a peaceful afterlife of the recently deceased. Any unburied dead would be shamed and their souls would not rest. Evidently, this puts Ismene in a difficult situation of choosing what to do. Ismene would...

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