... is the good girl of the family. She is reasonable and understands her place, bowing to Creon's edict and attempting to dissuade Antigone from her act of rebellion. As in Sophocles' play, she is Antigone's foil. Ultimately she will recant and beg Antigone to allow her to join her in death. Though Antigone refuses, Ismene's conversion indicates how her resistance is ... upon her arrest. Third Guard The last of the indifferent Guardsmen, he is also largely indistinguishable from his cohorts. Messenger Another typical figure of Greek drama who also appears in Sophocles' Antigone, the Messen...

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