Read the excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes."

Ismene weeping came from the palace to stand with her sister. "I helped do it," she said. But Antigone would not have that. "She had no share in it," she told Creon. And she bade her sister say no more. "Your choice was to live," she said, "mine to die."

As she was led away to death, she spoke to the bystanders:—

. . . Behold me, what I suffer
Because I have upheld that which is high.

How does the archetype of tragic heroine reveal the universal theme?

Antigone sacrifices herself for her beliefs, but will not sacrifice her sister as well. This reveals the universal theme of taking responsibility for one's actions.
Antigone thinks that her sister is a coward and will not let Creon assume that Ismene is also brave. This reveals the universal theme of taking responsibility for one's actions.
Antigone tells the bystanders that she is dying for the laws of the gods. This reveals the universal theme that pride goes before a fall.
Antigone refuses to allow Creon to believe that Ismene is as brave as she is. This reveals the universal theme that pride goes before a fall.

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The archetype of tragic heroine reveal the universal theme as A. Antigone sacrifices herself for her beliefs, but will not sacrifice her sister as well. This reveals the universal theme of taking responsibility for one's actions.

How to illustrate the information?

It should be noted that a theme simply means the underlying message that can be illustrated based on the information given in the story.

In the excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes," Antigone, with the help of her sister Ismene, offers a burial for her brother Polynices, even though king Creon has forbidden it. As a result, she accepts death herself but says to Creon her sister has had nothing to do with it.

The reason is she does not want to see her sister dead and prefers to lose her life for a good reason -like honoring her brother and the gods- rather than submit to Creon.

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