Essay on The Feminist Approach to Antigone and A Dolls...

An expression commonly used by high school students around the age of fourteen to seventeen is â€Å"JESSICA! I AM HUNGRY, MAKE ME A SANDWICH.† This can be related to other countries in the present day as well as in the past. The play Antigone written by Sophocles, a young girl decides to follow the rules of the Gods rather than the rules of man, especially when it came to the proper burial of her brother Polynices. Antigone decides to bury her brother even though it was against the civil laws to even mourn him. This action is pertinent to the feminists of the day because Creon treats Antigone with absolutely no respect and acts as if she is ignorant. Likewise in the play A Dolls House written by Ibsen, Nora, the main character, takes out a†¦show more content†¦That fact that she did not deny a deed that was going to get her killed is courageous and strong, however, the choice to bury Polynices and listen to her heart and the gods rather than the law of the land is an entirely different strength all together. On the same token, Nora who was a suppressed woman in 1879 took out a loan to save her husband’s life and while Mrs. Linden – Nora’s old school friend– was bragging about all her accomplishments as a woman in the later 1800’s Nora tells her â€Å"I saved Torvalds life† (Ibsen 150). This has importance because that initially shows strength. In the beginning this shows courage and even when she explains later on about the loan she still seems to be strong. To have to hide something from your husband, the man you are suppose to love and share everything with, seems courageous as well as bold especially for a woman who had basically no rights. Another bolder statement from Nora comes in the end when Nora and Torvald are sitting down to talk about the loan and how this was going to affect their relationship Nora says â€Å"That is why I am now leaving you†(Ibsen 198). Women could barely work durin g the 1800’s. It was hard to get hired and looked down upon for a woman to â€Å"do a man’s job†. It was the husband’s job to take care of a woman, his wife, andShow MoreRelatedA Doll House by Henrik Ibsen7379 Words   |  30 PagesMa. Jennifer S. Yap Dr. Sherwin Perlas World Literature January 14, 2012 A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen Translated by Rolf Fjelde I. Introduction During the late nineteenth century, women were enslaved in their gender roles and certain restrictions were enforced on them by a male dominant culture. Every woman was raised believing that they had neither self-control nor self-government but that they must yield to the control of a stronger gender. John Stuart Mill wrote in his essay, â€Å"The Subjection