and "The Story of a Warrior Queen."
Antigone and Ismene heard with horror what Creon had
decided
. To Ismene, shocking as it was, overwhelming
her
with anguish for the pitiful dead body and the lonely,
homeless
soul, it seemed, nevertheless, that nothing
could be done except to acquiesce [to accept without
protest].
She and Antigone were utterly alone. All
Thebes
was exulting that the man who had brought war
upon them
should be thus terribly punished. "We are
women," she told her sister. "We must obey. We have
no strength
to defy the State." "Choose your own part,"
Antigone
said. "I go to bury the brother I love."
-"The Royal House of Thebes"
Is it not better to be poor and free than to have great
wealth and be
slaves?" she [Boadicea] asked. "And the
Romans take not
only our freedom.but our wealth. They
"Mark this and return
How do the archetypes in these passages support the
universal
theme that one's values are worth risking
one's life for?
O Both Antigone and Boadicea are warriors who
decide to go to war for what they believe is right.
Both Antigone and Boadicea are heroes who go to
battle against their enemies.
Both Antigone and Boadicea are heroines who
choose their values over their lives, knowing they
may die in the process.
O Both Antigone and Boadicea are villains who
transgress the law in order to fight for their values.