Antigone Topic Tracking: Death Death 1: Antigone's family is
filled with death. Her father Oedipus killed his father Laius,
Oedipus died in exile after wandering for many years, her mother
Iocasta commited suicide, and now her brothers Eteocles and
Polyneices are died as well. Antigone wants Polyneices to have a
peaceful death by giving his body a proper burial, so that his
spirit is not unhappy. Death 2: The punishment for burying
Polyneices' body is death by public stoning. Ismene is afraid
that her sister Antigone will die too if she buries Polyneices
against the wishes of Creon. She does not want to be the only
person in her entire family who is left alive, so she begs
Antigone not to violate Creon's decree. Death 3: Creon arrests
Antigone because she tried to bury her brother Polyneices
against his wishes. When the Sentry dusts off the dead body,
Antigone becomes enraged and runs forward quickly to protect it
from being disturbed by anyone. She acts as if she is a mother
and the dead body of her brother