Greek Mythology and Antigone

In Hellenic mythology, really few women possessed the strength, violence or influence of men. Heroes much(prenominal) as Zeus, Achilles, and Odysseus were strong and wear; the stuff legends are do of. In contrast, women who are mentioned in this canon of the mighty, are typically referred to as the wife, support and nurturer to the powerful man. Yet, Sophocles, taking a rash step outside the box, created the character, Antigone, a woman who is unmarried, rebellious and powerful, and he uses her as a room to set an example of what whitethorn happen when a woman takes leadership and authority in a civilization truly controlled by men. \nIf a manful committed the same exploits as Antigone, the results would pretend been remarkably different. \n world power Creon states, pass, then, to the world of the dead, and, it thou must(prenominal) needs love, love them. patch I live, no woman shall rule me (Sophocles, 1994-2009, p. 106). This here shows king Creons tone of fee lings towards women. He entangle that if a woman were in control, Creon would face complete failure. because Creon must take action to prevent this outcome by making sure the absolute city sees that Antigone gone her penalisation as his revenge against a woman from a readers view. \nCreon truly admits that he thought a man had buried Polyneices except all the men who shaped this thing for hire exhaust made it sure that, curtly or late, they shall pay the legal injury (Sophocles, 1994-2009, p. 57) before he wise to(p) of Antigone. If the man had been caught, he would have faced death almost immediately after a torture and questioning session. However, Antigone was displace to a cave to flummox in and die, which sparred her for a petty(a) while but sledding Creon quite disappointed as well as tangled as she was about to be marry his son Haemon. Creon had no intention of a woman breaking his laws thus departure him unprepared and mentally lost. This finding of fact of Antigones crime eventually leads to Antigone committing her suicide.\nGreek my...