1) Antigone informs her sister Ismene that their uncle Creon, who is now king, has decreed that their brother Polyneices is not to receive burial rites and will instead be left to rot, facing the penalty of stoning for anyone who disobeys.
2) Antigone declares that she will bury Polyneices anyway, seeing it as her duty as his sister, but Ismene refuses to help, claiming she must obey the law set by Creon as king.
3) The sisters argue over Antigone's plan, with Ant
1) Antigone informs her sister Ismene that their uncle Creon, who is now king, has decreed that their brother Polyneices is not to receive burial rites and will instead be left to rot, facing the penalty of stoning for anyone who disobeys.
2) Antigone declares that she will bury Polyneices anyway, seeing it as her duty as his sister, but Ismene refuses to help, claiming she must obey the law set by Creon as king.
3) The sisters argue over Antigone's plan, with Ant