Why does antigone insist the ismene not take part in her punishment

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Write two sentences that incorporate 'imagery' (all of your senses) to describe a place that you like to visit.

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?