Through the many centuries and numerous civilizations, men have clearly taken the role as dominator. For many generations of men, their names and property pass down to an eligible male member of the family. Those men that favor these hierarchical systems are Patriarchies. Patriarchy refers to a social situation where men are dominant over women in wealth, status and power. Antigone, a Greek tragedy by Sophocles, is a classic example of patriarchy. The drama tells of how a daughter of Oedipus, Antigone, rebels against the civil law of a single man, Creon. Every word and action Antigone makes affects the...
summons me down to Acheron, that cold shore?óÔé¼?ª" 1047 Antigone wanted others to pity her and morn for her. Antigone spoke as if it was not her own doing that set forth the untimely demise of her sister, her fianc?â?®e, and herself. Unwilling to except her outcome and in her final effort to defy Creon, Antigone hung herself.

In the End Creon would come to except Antigone, but it was already too late. Antigone proved unwise and stubborn until the end. Patriarchy was too strong a force for Antigone overcome. Systematically man's law won over that of a women.