What does Antigone have to say about women and their position in Greek society? (A) 10Women in Greek society were treated as inferior to their male counterparts. Their position was to be servants to their husbands, fertile, caring, passive and devoted. They had no voice in government, society, or even their own marriages. Many times the men were much older. Women were expected to marry and have children well before their twenties. Antigone, the heroine of the play, did not fit the mold of a typical woman and pressed the issue in argument with King Creon, her uncle. Antigone had angered Creon so much by defying his decree and publicly disobeying his law that he felt he had no choice but to sentence her to death. Creon even described her as “man” in one act. “I'm not the man, not now, you're the man if this victory goes to you and you'll be free.” (669) In his rebuttal speech he also claimed that Creon had gone against the unwritten law of the Gods to bury the dead. "Nor did I think that your edict had enough strength to allow you, a mere mortal, to prevail over the gods." (668) The messengers compared Antigone to her father Oedipus and called her savage. At this point she realizes that she has chosen death rather than life and begs Creon to tell her what crimes he has committed. “…denied all the joys of marriage, raising children – abandoned by my loved ones, struck by fate, I descend alive into the caves of the dead. What laws of the mighty gods have I transgressed?” (680) On the other hand, the other main female characters, Ismene and Eurydice, remained more faithful to expected gender roles. Although Ismene also wants to bury her brother with Antigone, she knows her place and begs Antigone to be... middle of paper... storm symbolizes Prospero's storm of vengeance in his soul. He then tells his daughter Miranda why this storm is necessary. Prospero explains their story for the first time. He was once the king of Milan and was overthrown by his brother Antonio and King Alonso. He was sent to die at sea with his daughter Miranda. He was saved by Gonzalo, who fed him. Then they landed on a mysterious island where they acquired great magical powers. They live there for twelve years with only two other beings. Caliban, their servant, was a type of beast tamed by Miranda and Prospero. He once controlled the island. Ariel was a magical being that Prospero had freed and had also become his slave. Prospero has a plan to restore his power and avenge the wrong done to him. At the beginning of the play Prospero appears to be self-centered, cruel and vindictive. Him