# Ismene — Antigone character guide

> Ismene in Antigone by Sophocles.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0001-antigone

## Who they are

Antigone's sister, who fears the family's bloody inheritance too much to defy the state—yet cannot quite abandon the one who does.

## Relationships

### [Antigone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/antigone_se/characters/antigone)

_family_

Antigone and Ismene are sisters, but their relationship is strained by Ismene's refusal to help bury their brother.

### [Antigone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/antigone_se/characters/antigone)

_family_

Antigone and Ismene are sisters, but their relationship is strained by Ismene's refusal to help bury their brother.

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