... to perpetuate the dominance of men and subordination of women, Shakespeare and Sophocles seem to question the validity of those beliefs in their plays, Macbeth and Antigone, with their radically heterodox female characters-they neither conform with the loving tenderness nor the acquiescence and tendency to submit to authority ... becoming king, she does not stand up to cheer and rejoice in a "womanly fashion" nor feel any sense of tenderness of love for Macbeth. Instead, she stands up and proclaims to the supernatural forces to fill her up with the sinister, evil qualities that would mak...

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