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The Burial At Thebes Analysis

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Burial at Thebes Have you ever experienced a change in opinion when it comes to helping your family? In The Burial at Thebes, by Seamus Heaney, Ismene was in a similar position. Ismene displays the importance of putting family first. At first, Ismene was afraid of the consequences if she helped Antigone bury the body. When Antigone asks Ismene to help her bury Polyneices’ body, Antigone caught Ismene off guard. Unlike Antigone, Ismene feels it is better to follow the law and does not believe she is “[Dishonouring] [the dead]...[or is] strong enough to defy the laws of the land”(11). Ismene is scared of the punishment from Creon. She also does not believe she is strong enough because she is a women.Ismene feels that the dead will forgive

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