Ismene

Ismene normally agrees with her sister Antigone, but when Antigone says that she wants to go and bury her dead brother, Ismene is absolutely against it. I can conclude that Antigone usually comes up with bad ideas when Ismene says, "What dangerous thing have you got in mind now?". And Ismene can be seen as a helpful person when she says, "How can I possibly help?" to her sisters dangerous idea. She would help her sister in most situations, but not in this one. Creon had sentenced everyone to leave Polyneices (her brother who wanted to burn down the country) alone, dead, and unburied. Ismene did not want to go against the kings commands. She is a coward when it comes to disobeying the king. She is horrified of the men that would punish them. She tells Antigone, "...we are mere women, we can't fight against men!". The men would do horrible things to them if they were caught breaking the king's commands. Ismene knows the consequences and decides to not be with her sister on this one. She is independent, she can go on with out her sister.