Antigone and Ismene are two of the most famous sisters in literature.  They oppose each other completely in their attitude and how they react towards their existential situations. Ismene is the Apollonian type sister who agrees with government and order’ Antigone represent Dionysus; she causes disorder and she is willing to go around her government to achieve her goals. Both of the sister Antigone and Ismene in the Sophocles’ play “Antigone” are characterized by their relationship that resembles feminism and the two sides of the argument that women rights.

                Antigone is a strong and independent woman. She refuses to settle down with Haemon and goes against the Creon’s orders to leave her brother alone. She embodies the feminism ideas. Unfortunately for Antigone and feminism, the ideology she follows cause high entropy wherever she goes. The chaos and disorder she causes is exactly why she represents Dionysus. Antigone is the antithesis to Ismene’s thesis. Ismene signifies Apollo is this play, and stands for the argument against feminism. From the beginning of the play, the two sisters are alone, and that alone scares Ismene and her ideas of women following her male superiors. Antigone, being the one to organize them being alone, embraces her independence and puts her family and heart above her government and male counterparts. This is continued through the play as Antigone refuses to marry Haemon and ultimately kills herself to have the final say.

                The disruption that Antigone and Dionysus cause is seen as contagious when her actions change Ismene’s weltanshaang and causes her to refuse her role as an inferior to her government and to stand up for herself and what she believes in. Her entropy level increases and she decides that she wants Antigone to share her blame for burying her brother. Antigone of course refuses her since she has not been with her and hers ideas the whole time; she had not helped her bury him. The ideology of feminism is shown to be spreading from Antigone to Ismene.

                Antigone and Ismene are seen as opposing forces in Sophocles’ “Antigone” despite being sisters. They both handled their existential situation differently depending on what they found to be more important to them in the long run. Some of the first ideas of feminism can be attributed to Sophocles’ situation he put Antigone in and how she reacts.