... , it is important to study Antigone's early childhood, which displays the origins of the characteristics found in her that make her a feminist. In Oedipus of Colonus, Sophocles illustrates these qualities that Antigone possesses. During the first twenty years of her life, Antigone spends her time secluded from society with her ... be decent" (Hwang 15). "Decent" is in this case the narrator's opinion, and the word probably has many different meanings depending on who reads it. OEDIPUS:"Oh my piteous children, known, well known to me are the desires wherewith ye have come: well wot I that...

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