Antigone herself sees variation between the drama and the film, particularly gender and prejudice surrounding it. In both versions of the story, women are seen as helpless. Ismene asks Antigone more than once about what they could possibly do to defy Creon, though Antigone does not see herself as limited in this respect. Creon disagrees, and believes that as the man, he deserves to rule over her. Creon and Haemon even go on to use gendered insults at one another during their arguments. Both stories use the theme similarly to argue their point. At first, it seems gender as a theme does not necessarily perpetuate any message within the story, but that is a superficial
Antigone herself sees variation between the drama and the film, particularly gender and prejudice surrounding it. In both versions of the story, women are seen as helpless. Ismene asks Antigone more than once about what they could possibly do to defy Creon, though Antigone does not see herself as limited in this respect. Creon disagrees, and believes that as the man, he deserves to rule over her. Creon and Haemon even go on to use gendered insults at one another during their arguments. Both stories use the theme similarly to argue their point. At first, it seems gender as a theme does not necessarily perpetuate any message within the story, but that is a superficial