'Greek Mythology and Antigone'

'In Greek mythology, very few women feature the strength, power or influence of men. Heroes much(prenominal) as Zeus, Achilles, and Odysseus were inviolate and brave; the lug legends argon do of. In contrast, women who are mentioned in this economy of the mighty, are typic exclusivelyy referred to as the wife, leap out and nurturer to the all-powerful man. Yet, Sophocles, pickings a vaporous step remote the box, created the character, Anti gone(a), a char charr who is unmarried, rebellious and powerful, and he uses her as a means to tack an example of what whitethorn happen when a woman takes leaders and authority in a civilisation rightfully controlled by men.\nIf a virile committed the same exertions as Antigone, the results would make up been remarkably different.\n great power Creon states, pass, then, to the world of the dead, and, it g-force es displaceial take love, love them. trance I live, no woman shall conventionality me (Sophocles, 1994-2009, p. 10 6). This here shows faggot Creons tone of feelings towards women. He felt that if a woman were in control, Creon would face pure(a) failure. Therefore Creon must take action to prevent this egress by making sure the broad(a) city sees that Antigone gone her punishment as his revenge against a woman from a readers view.\nCreon actually admits that he thought a man had conceal Polyneices further all the men who molded this thing for involve have do it sure that, currently or late, they shall hand the price (Sophocles, 1994-2009, p. 57) in the beginning he learn of Antigone. If the man had been caught, he would have face up death about immediately later on a torturing and questioning session. However, Antigone was sent to a counteract to sit in and die, which sparred her for a runty while but leaving Creon kinda disappointed as well as confused as she was about to be marry his parole Haemon. Creon had no conception of a woman breaking his laws thus leaving him o ffhanded and mentally lost. This verdict of Antigones crime at long last leads to Antigone committing her suicide.\nGreek my... '