Famous epics, including Gilgamesh and Odysseus, contain characters that are praised for their loyalty, courage, and willingness to stand up for themselves. However, in the drama, Antigone, one of the central characters, Antigone, is criticized for having these very same virtues. Both of Antigone’s brothers are killed simultaneously during battle. Eteokles is given a proper burial and Polyneikes’ body is left to rot outside of the city walls. Antgone tells her sister, Ismene, “I’ll bury Polyneikes myself. I’ll do what’s honorable, and then I’ll die,” (lines 84 & 85). Demonstrating her love and loyalty to her family; she is beyond willing to do what is right in her eyes, even though it will result in her death. One of the values and social norms