Antigone, rewrite

The beginning scene is Antigone trying to persuade her sister to help her bury their brother. This will preserve Polyneices honor among the dead men in the earth. To bury Polyneices is an illegal act and is punishable by death for anyone who participates in the burial. Ismene is far to scared to help Antigone with her act, and even tries to convince her not to do it. Antigone believes that she should honor her brother’s dead and give him a proper burial, nothing that Ismene says will persuade her otherwise.
Antigone loves her family very much and is willing to do a lot for them. She cares more about them than the law or her own honor. This is a trait that has pro’s and con’s. Like I already said, this is a good trait because she is there for her family when they are most in need. But this also means that she will be sacrificing herself and her honor for her dead brothers honor. She will be leaving Ismene in the world by herself, since all other family members are already dead. I think that Antigone should be thankful for what she has (i.e. her sister Ismene) and not just do this one courageous act and then be killed. She should treasure her life and be as caring to her living sister, rather than blowing all of the caring off on her dead brother, only to lead to her own death. Antigone following through with the burial shows that she is courageous and caring, but also is not aware of how she affects the people around her. If she were more aware she would realize that her doing this is ultimately going to lead to her death, leaving her sister with no body. A good family member would be there for her family, but Antigone is too blinded by the idea of honor to realize this.