Option Three: Antigone
a. Apply Butler’s and Hegel’s to a specific reading of gender criticism and theories in Antigone. How does this impact the reading of the play based on the importance of gender within the cultural context of the work? Are these issues still relevant in our world today? Why or why not?
b. Define the use of absolutism as the philosophy governing Antigone’s and Creon’s beliefs about justice. How do they compare and contrast? How is this important when defining the role of the law of man, or the matter of the state versus the divine law in determining the central message of the literary work through the concept of tragedy.
c. Can Antigone be best identified as a tragic heroine based on her duty to uphold the divine ordinances of the gods, or did she overstep her limitations as a mortal by defying Creon’s decree to meet her fate? Justify