Answer: Hewo, there your answer is below
Fear would be my answer
Step-by-step explanation:
ismene refuses to help Antigone, because she does not want to break the law by going against Creon or other because she realizes the consequences would be extreme since she is a woman. ... Ismene has resigned herself that this is the way it will always be, so she has stopped trying to rise above and be independent.
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