Compare & Contrast Essay - "Antigone" with "Romeo and Juliet"

Antigone - Prompt 1
In Antigone, Ismene must decide between the will of the gods and the will of the state, life and death. On one hand, if she follows the benevolent will of the gods and buries her brother, Polyneices, she will be put to a humiliating death. On the other hand, she can follow the will of Creon's traditional political authority and be forever put to shame by her demanding sister, Antigone. She is torn between two opposing forces, and whichever one she chooses, she must sacrifice something extremely important to her. By following the will of the gods, she must surrender…