In the text of Antigone, the Prologue starts off, with the two daughters of Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene discuss the death of their brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices. The two brothers killed each other during the war; Eteocles was buried honorably in a soldier’s funeral, however Polyneices was banned from being buried by anybody. Creon, their uncle and the king of the country, created a law that bans people from properly burying Polyneices. Though, Creon created a law, Antigone strongly believed that Polyneices should be given a proper burial due to how Polyneices “fought as bravely and died as miserably. Ismene dreads the consequences of this action and decides not to bury him with
