“Antigone:” What do these lines mainly reveal about the tension between Antigone and Ismene (lines 38-41)?
“ISMENE: But how, my rash, fond sister, in such case
Can I do anything to make or mar?
ANTIGONE: Say, wilt thou aide me and abet? Decide.
ISMENE: In what bold venture? What is in thy thought?”
Question 9 options:

a)

Ismene views Antigone as powerless to create change and is worried for her sister. Antigone wants Ismene to help her but must first explain her plans.

b)

Ismene views Antigone as reckless and is reluctant to assist Antigone. Antigone wants Ismene to agree to help her without first knowing the plan.

c)

Ismene views Antigone as troubled and has decided to avoid Antigone. Antigone wants Ismene to explain how she can regain her trust.

d)

Ismene views Antigone as meddling and is annoyed. Antigone wants Ismene to undertake a journey.

After reading the lines from "Antigone," by Sophocles, we can say that they reveal the following about the tension between Antigone and Ismene:

B. Ismene views Antigone as reckless and is reluctant to assist Antigone. Antigone wants Ismene to agree to help her without first knowing the plan.

"Antigone" is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Antigone is accused of strange crime: burying her late brother. Burying the dead is forbidden by the king of Thebes.

In the excerpt we are analyzing here, we can notice some tension between Antigone and her sister, Ismene.

When Ismene says, "my rash, fond sister," she means that Antigone is reckless. She knows Antigone wants her help, but she is hesitant about aiding her sister.

When Antigone asks, "wilt thou aide me and abet? Decide," she means that she wants Ismene to agree to help her even without knowing what the plan is.

As we can see, they are probably very different when it comes to their personalities and the way they behave.

With that in mind, we can conclude that letter B is the best choice.

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B. Ismene views Antigone as reckless and is reluctant to assist Antigone. Antigone wants Ismene to agree to help her without first knowing the plan.

Explanation:

In this Sophocles's play, Antigone, the protagonist, wishes to give her brother a proper burial, although the king forbade it, declaring that anyone who disobeys this will be sentenced to death.

Antigone, despite of this law, can't let her brother unburied and his body dragged around by animals, while Ismene is too afraid to break the law. This represents the basic conflict between the two sisters.

In these lines, we see that Ismene feels Antigone is up to something and by calling her rush, she knows it will be something reckless and driven by emotions.

Antigone, however, wants her sister to help her in her mission, before she reveals it, because she knows that Ismene would never accept it if she knew the plan.