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Antigone


Antigone and Ismene are sisters.  They have two brothers who just killed each
other and both died.  Creon, whos very powerful, honored one and dishonored the
other.  The dishonored brother being left outside, unburied, and prohibited
anyone to cry or sympathetic on the dead body.  Antigone who came from a loyal
family could not stand to see her brother died unburied, so she asked her sister
to go with her to steal and bury  the brother-body. Unwillingly, Ismene
affrighted of the law and did not agree with her sister.  So Antigone steal and
bury the body by herself.  When Creon know this, he was very upset and order the
army to get the one stole the body.  They catch Antigone and take her to Creon. 
Antigone has not affraid of the execution which Creon would give.  Ismene, her
sister came and said that she had a share in this matter. But Antigon claims to
her own motivation.  Haemon is the only son of Creon.  He has not agree with
what his father commands. ......

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