Antigone speaks these lines to ismene. why does she say ismene will "earn the loathing of the dead"? ismene chooses to defy creon's decree. ismene is responsible for the death of her brothers. ismene will not antigone bury polyneices. ismene is the daughter of oedipus.

Ismene will not help Antigone bury Polyneices.

The main conflict of the story is Antigone's desire to bury her brother Polyneices against the wishes of King Creon. As Ismene is also a sibling, Antigone expects Ismene to help her fulfill this mission in order to make sure that Polyneices burial takes place according to tradition. However, Ismene is too scared, and does not want to help. This, according to Antigone, will earn Ismene "the loathing of the dead."

learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.

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