... of view. If exploring the idea that Antigone's purpose in the story was to stand up for women's rights in a male dominated world, how does Antigone demonstrate her pre-feminist ethics? It could be said that Antigone believes that a woman's duty is not to the men who rule a domain, but rather to her own instincts and her own sense of right ... century activists follow Antigone's lead, like Rachel Carson, who refused to support farmers and companies who used pesticides because of their harmful effects at a time when little was known about environmental affects. In Antigone's time few peop...

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