As she guides the reader through the conflicts between city and family through Creon and Antigone, Antigone materializes as a headstrong woman who believes that her dead family members should receive a proper burial, despite his actions violating the king's order. Despite her sister Ismene's refusal and the fact that she was caught red-handed, Antigone remains stubborn in saying "not to be ashamed for a moment, / not to honor my brother, my flesh and my blood" (p. 84, 573) and that “Death wishes to have the same rites for everyone” (p. 85, 584). Furthermore, in Creon's comments, “there are other fields to plow” (p.89, 643) and “we must defend the men who live by the law, / never let any woman triumph over us (p.94, 758), expresses the king's idea about women that his defeat against a woman would deny his masculinity. Creon was too late to register his mistake as he witnesses Antigone's death, holds his son's corpse close by, and discovers that his wife has stabbed herself to death. Conclusion Homer and Sophocles gave a peek into the views on women that the ancient Greeks held through their works. Homer manifested the distinct gender roles that society carved out for women, as beautiful, intelligent women who were skilled at weaving were considered excellent, with the sole exception of goddesses. Sophocles made his female characters more willful than Homer, but fragile. For all the darkness