benefit woman. Many have been looked up to as martyrs for taking a stand in what they

believe in. Susan B. Anthony and the character Antigone from the Greek tragedy, The

Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles both were two courageous woman. During their time, they

defied the idea of women and helped them step forth and fight for equality. These two

women lived in a male dominant society, filled with sexism.

Antigone is widely thought of as a tragic hero and martyr. She was a young

princess who faced many hardships in her life. She was cursed with being the daughter

of Oedipus, the king that fulfilled his oracle of killing his father and marrying his mother

and caused a plague on Thebes. She later defies King Creon of his cruel judgment

forbidding the burial of her brother Polynieces who attempt to gain the crown from his

brother Eteocles. Antigone fights for her belief that her brother deserves a burial and

preaches the God's law. Against the pleas of her weak sister Ismene and her fiance

Haimon she stands up to the government. She seems to fit the part in light of the fact

that she is executed for doing what she feels is right. According

have no control in the matters dealing with religious beliefs. In Antigone's eyes, Creon

Anthony became convinced that women would not gain their rights or be effective

convicts me of folly." (II. 203) She calls him a fool and belittles his pride. Antigone says,

and outspoken. Unlike most women of her day, she attended school until the age

were discouraged from seeking higher education and were forced to stay home and

who suffered from alcoholic husbands. Anthony joined many organizations protesting

American Civil War, she founded the Women's Loyal League to fight for liberation of the

unjustifiable. Her belief is that he is abusing his power as king and punishing her only

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