Is Ismene the antagonist or the protagonist in 'Antigone'?
No, Ismene is neither the protagonist nor the antagonist in the play "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene is not the protagonist because she is not the main character around whom the play's action revolves. She is not the antagonist because she does not get in the way of or harm the protagonist. Instead, her sister Antigone is the protagonist, and her uncle Creon is the antagonist.