Read these lines from Antigone. ANTIGONE: Ismene, dear sister, You would think that we had already suffered enough For the curse on Oedipus: I cannot imagine any grief That you and I have not gone through. What helps Antigone make the dangerous decision to bury her brother, despite the known consequences? Antigone, as a strong woman, wants to undermine Creon's male authority. Antigone believes that she is doomed, due to her father's sin, and accepts it wholeheartedly. Antigone cannot imagine that her own death could be worse than the death of Oedipus. Antigone wants to teach Ismene a lesson for being so weak-willed and knows that Ismene would be hurt by Antigone's death.

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).