Philippa Gregory once said, "Every woman who dares to create her own destiny will always put herself in danger." (The Lady of the Rivers). In the story of Antigone the protagonist, Antigone, was the sacrifice of her own destiny. Antigone killed herself after being imprisoned for burying her “traitor” brother, Polyneices, who was outlawed by King Creon (Antigone's uncle). Creon's son Haimon (Antigone's cousin) was ordered to marry Antigone, but after she was condemned, Creon did not want such a woman for Haimon. After hearing an unfortunate prophecy from the prophet Tiresias, Creon changed his mind and went to bury Polyneices and free Antigone from her imprisonment. Once Creon arrived at Antigone's stone confinement, he discovered that she had already killed herself and saw that Haimon was already beside her. Haimon lay next to Antigone as he grieved the loss of his betrothed. As a result, Haimon took out his sword and impaled himself because he did not want to live without Antigone. After Eurydice (mother of Haimon and wife of Creon) learned the news of her son, she also committed suicide. I believe that Antigone's fate would have been different if she had been a man, and that gender decides fate. Gender determines destiny because men and women had different obligations during Theban society. Part of the man's role was to have power over their women. This is present when Creon refers to the fact that women are good for nothing other than giving pleasure. He also says "Who is the man here, her or me, if this crime goes unpunished" (p.679), implying that if he lets her get away with what she did, then she will have more power over him . A woman's duty was to respect and respect the wishes of her men. Antigone breaks... half the paper... Her job was to make sure that men were happy. Ultimately, if she were a man she probably would have been punished differently, or wouldn't have had to deal with the problem at all (for example, if she had been the eldest she would have been king, so the two brothers wouldn't have done it). had fought from the beginning, and Eteocles or Polyneices would not have killed each other). Women are also very irrational when they get to the extremes of their emotions. Assuming he was a man, he would have weighed his emotions and figured out what was best for the situation given the problem (maybe he would have asked Creon before burying his brother, appealing to his more rational side, instead of staying behind). the back). Napoleon Bonaparte once said: “There is no such thing as chance; is the wrong name for destiny,” so being a girl or a boy really determines where your future takes you?