had limited power and control of their lives. In Antigone, Antigone defies Creon, by breaking the law and surprising him. Creon views women as weak and only good for having children and pleasing their husbands, and by quickly failing that women are capable of everything men can do. By breaking the law, Antigone shows Creon that women aren’t weak and are equally capable of doing the same things as men, by standing up to Creon and deliberately disobeying him.
Ismene, Antigone’s sister is depicted as…
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