Different Paths, Same Destination In Sophocles’ playwright, Antigone, Antigone, Ismene, and Creon are given the illusion of complete free will, yet they seals their fate after they makes choices from their emotions or reason using their free will. Free will is the power of acting without the restraint of necessity or fate. Fate is the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. Free will is extremely vital, but in the end, fate is accountable for the unfortunate events in Sophocles’ playwright, Antigone, for example when Antigone defies Creon’s orders, Ismene choosing to stand united with her sister, and Creon, after making many mistakes out of selfishness, realizing that his fate will never overpower his free will. Antigone chose to follow her moral compass and to rebel against the country’s ruler, Creon, who denied them the ability to rightfully bury her brother, Polynices. When Antigone says, “And even if I die in the act, that death will be a glory.”, she has officially decided that her brother will be buried, and the blame will be under her name (Sophocles page …show more content…
While Antigone has chosen death to be her fate, she tells Ismene, “Don’t fear for me, Set your own life in order.”(Sophocles page 63). Ismene chose to follow Creon’s orders and to seal her fate as waiting for a natural caused death. This shows Ismene’s logical reasoning, yet Ismene chooses to be united with her sister when she says, “I did it, yes-if only she consents- I share the guilt, the consequences too.” (Antigone page 86 lines 604-606). Ismene claimed to help Antigone thinking that her fate would immediately be death once Creon stated, “Yes, I accuse her sister of an equal part in scheming this, this burial.” (Sophocles page 83). Ismene used her free will to seal her fate of death to reflect her true family