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This 7 page report discusses
the idea that there are definite similarities between the primary
female characters -- Nora and Antigone -- in "The Doll's House"
and "Antigone." Bibliography lists only the two primary sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWannora.rtf
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-- for more information on using this paper properly! Introduction Many of the modern worlds most memorable film and television characters are based on stories taken from
antiquity and modernized to fit the current age in which a story is being told. In the early years of the 21st century, for example, personifications that exist in
the likes of "Xena, Warrior Princess" (a female Hercules) or George Clooney in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (a 20th century version of the travels of Ulysses and crew in
"The Odyssey"). Lesser- known examples also serve as archetypes upon which modern (relatively speaking) characters are based. Such a process of updating certain characters or character types has taken place
throughout time. Consider the examples presented by Sophocles famous character of Antigone and Nora Helmer the protagonist of Henrik Ibsens best-known play, "The Dolls House." Antigone Initially, "Antigone" appears to
be an obvious story of political dilemmas focusing on civil disobedience and civic responsibility, rather than the personal development and revolution of one woman. Despite classical assumptions and the typical
reaction of modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a political drama, but the battle of
wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much of a leap of imagination to also see the story as a drama of
male subjugation and female determination. Her primary goal is to see her dead brother, Polynices, properly buried, as the gods decree he should be. But Creon believes him to have
been a traitor who "died in the opposite cause" (Sophocles) and does not deserve such a burial. Antigone declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are not laws that:
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