2. Within the article Aristotle suggests that it is improper for female characters in tragedy to be “manly or formidable”. Thus, he would not agree with the entire characterization of Antigone in Sophocles’ play, Antigone. In which Antigone is the main character who constantly stands up against Creon and all who oppose her, so that she can fulfil what she thinks is right. Thus, in some ways she is formidable in personality because of her adamant nature on fulfilling her values and is not in any way inferior to the men in the play. Therefore, Aristotle would likely not agree with her having such a defined personality, though she does not directly fit the “manly” description, which Aristotle would have disliked for her to have. Thus, he would
