pon Antigone's head. And even if Creon were king, and Antigone a male, her opinion on the matter of Polynices' burial would likely have been taken more into his consideration. Antigone's gender made her situation even more difficult than it already was, which is unfair as she had no choice or say in her sex.In conclusion, Antigone in Sopocles's Antigone demonstrates feminist thoughts in several ways. She first challenges a powerful male establishment. She may do so for one of three reasons: to commit suicide gracefully, to spite Creon, or to be divine. Antigone demonstrates feminist thought when she shows her strong will of defying a tyrant. That Antigone did not run from her death sentence suggest an inherent braveness to Antigone which the chorus recognizes before her departure to her death. The notion that a person has no say in the affairs of her loved ones simply because she is a female strikes at my bias, and evokes hatred for Antigone's oppressor. Antigone was an early feminist ralling against the notion that women were not people within Greek society, were to be seen and not heard. Antigone earns my admiration and respect for fighting against these views....
