Antigone vs. Canterbury Tales Comparative Analysis - Women's roles in Society

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In Sophocles' play, Antigone, as well as in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, there is a common factor linking the two works; the idea of women's dominance over men. In Sophocles' Antigone, the first instance of women defying men was very early on in the play. Antigone informs her sister,named Ismene, that the king is denying their brother a proper burial and anyone who refuses to comply with this order will be sentenced to death...
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Antigone informs her sister,named Ismene, that the king is denying their brother a proper burial and anyone who refuses to comply with this order will be sentenced to death. Antigone tells her sister that she is determined to give their brother a proper burial despite the order against it. Ismene argues back with her reasoning that they cannot commit this act because they are only women and women are unable to stand up to men (A3)...
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