... power as king. If it weren't for Lady Macbeth, Macbeth would never have the true sinister, villainous conviction, nor the courage to commit such acts. This makes her the radical, polar opposite of the stereotypical tender, loving, and fragile woman. Sophocles' counterexample against the conventional biases of women being tender and loving is the main character Antigone in his play, Antigone ... ever to give her brother the proper burial rights he should have received. She truly has the inherent qualities of a noble hero. While Antigone is not portrayed as the radical, polar opposite of ...

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