Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Ismene.
Yorgos Javellas
Javellas keeps Ismene as the sister who will not dig: caution against Antigone's fire, then late courage when the sentence is already fixed.
Arthur Honegger
Honegger gives Ismene the voice of survival — the sister who argues for life while Antigone chooses the grave.
Jean Anouilh
Anouilh's Ismene is the reasonable sister under Occupation logic — she loves Antigone and still cannot bring herself to break the law.
