Antigone: Play Analysis

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Many wonder why it took so long for women to gain rights, vote, and be noticed or recognized in history. In Antigone, by Sophocles, Antigone broods with anger over Creon’s decision to prohibit her from burying her brother. She is unable to decide whether to follow the law and Creon’s rule, or to do what is right and follow her intuition. The play suggests women are weak, not worthy, and unable to rule.
The play contends around the idea that women are weak in all aspects and have no power in society. As Ismene explains to her sister, “... consider that we were born women, proving we should not fight with men…I am forced to in these matters, and yield to those who walk with authority” (15). She tries to tell her sister that she must follow those

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