ISMENE
"But now that your poor ship buffeted,
I'm not ashamed to sail the voyage at your side."
pg. 214
This quote is significant because it resembles the changing point for Ismene (like Oedipus) in the story. Earlier, at the beginning of Antigone, Ismene was sort of a coward. She was frightened and ashamed of her sister by the idea of going against Creons word to bury her brother in fear that she, and Antigone, would be punished ( killed). In this quote Ismene completely turns around her status, stating that she will take the "journey," meaning that whatever Antigone endures she will endure with her.
Whos side is Haemon really on?
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