Sophocles' Portrayal of Woman in "Antigone": A Feminist Reading

Abstract

Sophocles' "Antigone" is one of the early plays that tackles women position in the social frame. The play depicts a struggle between the principle characters, Creon and Antigone. The paper hypothesizes that Sophocles exposes an early feminist view regarding the gender role of women in the society in general and the Greek society in particular. In following a mixed approach of character-analysis, feminist as well as social methods as a tool for tackling the text, the paper aims at proving the being mentioned hypothesis. The paper ends with the conclusion that points out the results of the discussion