Through their actions throughout the play Ismene and Antigone are faithful to their family albeit in very different ways. Throughout the play Antigone is portrayed as a heroine for having responded to her duty to bury Polyneices. If he hadn't buried him, his legacy would have been tarnished. However, on the opposite side, by not obeying Creon, his uncle may begin to question his authority if his niece does not obey him. In the end Antigone chooses to obey the gods and “loving and beloved [she] will lie at [Polyneices'] side” (Sophocles 3). By burying his brother, he not only obeys divine law, but also his familial duty to his brother. Antigone's desire to obey the gods shows that she understands the importance of divine law. Ismene, however, instead fulfills her familial duty to Creon and the State. Standing with Creon as a united front against the populace, he ensures that his family remains in power and tells Antigone that disobeying Creon "is wrong to attempt at all." In this case he chooses to obey the state rather than the gods and also his duty to his uncle over his brother. For this reason she is trapped in her destiny and must obey Creon unlike her sister who is free to do what she wants and serve the Lord.