... of females is evident. Ismene is clearly terrified of defying Creon's laws, which would put ultimate disgrace upon their lives. Ismene emphasizes this point by stating that "[They] are women and such are not made to fight with men."(Sophocles, 193) By this statement, Ismene shows us that the society has forced the inferiority of women so strongly, that even they believe that their sex is helpless against the 'superior', male sex. Antigone however, steps over this barrier and puts her brother's burial in front of not only the law, but also the values of their society. The view of women in the times of Ancient Greece was more extreme than that of the late 19th century, the time when Ibsen's, A Doll's House takes place. In A Doll's House, the oppression of women is a little more passive; the people of this time referred to the subject with a certain ...

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