In the play, Antigone by Sophocles, Creon and Antigone have distinct conflicting values. ... After Antigone carries out the deed, Ismene now feels responsible to die with Antigone. ... If Antigone had been born the son of Oedipus, rather than his daughter, it would not be Creon's place to decide because his crown would rest upon Antigone's head. ... Antigone's gender made her situation even more difficult than it already was, as the King totally disregarded Antigone's judgment over the matter. In conclusion, Antigone, in Sopocles' Antigone demonstrates feminist tho...

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Another feminine character is Antigone in Sophocles's play. ... Antigone is a strong individual that stands by what she believes. ... Like Nora, Antigone is in a situation where she is left with the choice to bury her brother Polyneices who is denied burial or leave him to rot. ... Antigone does so under the basis that the Gods dictated that all men deserved a proper burial. Antigone claims that, "It was not Zeus, not in the least, who made this proclamation-not to me. ...

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In Antigone Creon said "better to fall from power, if we must, by a man's hand; then we could not be called weaker than a woman." ... In Antigone, Antigone stepped over those boundaries, went against the king's word, and broke his law. ... Women have to be able to crack open that shell that society has encased them in and cross those boundaries like Antigone did. ...

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