Assignment: Choose one of the topics from the list below and write and essay of

Assignment:
Choose one of the topics from the list below and write and essay of at least 750 words (that′s about 3 pages, double spaced). All of the listed topics are themes from Antigone that we have discussed or at least mentioned in class Alternatively, you may suggest a topic to me if there′s something you′d like to write about that does not appear on the list. Make sure to use examples from the play, including direct quotations when necessary, to support your interpretation. Research is not required for this assignment, but if you use outside sources, please cite them in MLA format.
TOPICS:
Religious/moral authority vs political/earthly authority
Feminism or resistance to patriarchy
Family conflict
Comic relief in drama
Dramatic irony
Violence and ″obscenity″ on stage
Theater and political protest/activism
Compare/contrast two characters
Antigone/Ismene
Antigone/Creon
Antigone/Haemon
Haemon/Creon
Creon/Messenger
Creon/Tiresias
Analyze Chorus′s speeches and/or function
Religious message/function of drama in Greek society
My notes:
Women must live miserably or die. This is brought upon them by men and their foolishness.
Antigone- Oedipus’s daughter, niece to Creon (new king of Thebes), engaged to Creon’s son Haemon
(Antigone defies Creon’s order and buries her brother.
She is sentenced to die and waits in a cave, Haemon comes to rescue her but she already killed herself)
Ismene- Oedipus’s daughter, sister to Antigone, niece to Creon
(Refuses to help her sister bury their brother but falsely confesses to being an accomplice when her sister is caught, Antigone refuses to let her lie for fear of offending the gods.
Creon- Oedipus’s brother, uncle to Antigone and Ismene, father to Haemon, new king of Thebes
Haemon- Son of Creon and Eurydice, engaged to Antigone
(Advises his father to be lenient with Antigone bc the citizens don′t support the decision, ends up disowning his father)
Chorus- Elderly male citizens with a leader that speaks for them, offer narration and judgement throughout play
(They try to convince Creon to be lenient)
Antigone: “My honors for the dead must last much longer than for those up here.”
(Parallels with The Awakening by Kate Chopin)