Sophocles' "Antigone"

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This paper explains that the character Ismene in Sophocles' "Antigone"
believed that men were superior to women, and women should therefore make no attempt to oppose any man. The author points out that her actions are in opposition to the beliefs of her sister Antigone and her father Oedipus; instead, she has selects to abide by the beliefs of two people who are of little or no significance to her, Creon and Pericles. The paper stresses that Oedipus does not agree with his society and his daughter's concept of women's inferiority to men; his words contrast their beliefs by putting a woman on the same level as him, a man.

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"In this play, Creon has become Oedipus's successor and has now been corrupted by his power as tyrant. The character of Creon in Antigone believes that women are inferior to men. He believes that under no circumstances should women behave in a way that challenges the superiority of a male. He presents this belief when speaking to his son Haemon. In the conversation between the two, Creon stated, "If we fall, better a man should take us down. Never say that a woman bested us.""

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