How and why is doubling used in Antigone?

Analysis of how and why Sophocles uses doubling in his play, Antigone.
🔠 Fancy words I used:
Obfuscated - "Such a conclusion, although predictable given the play’s tragic nature, is subtly and successfully obfuscated thanks to Sophocles use of doubling."
Blinkered - "Sophocles might be suggesting that a city committed to one leader in charge is fated to continue suffering for as long as it persists in such a blinkered and unrepresentative manner of government."
Unyielding - "Such an unyielding stance shows no sentimentality for the unlikely situation Creon finds himself in and yet he rigidly persists, much like A before him."
Espouse - "Although we can apply many of these words to Creon, by the end of the play, he has compromised every belief he espoused at the start."
👨‍🎓 References to research:
Sophocles: Antigone by Douglas Cairns - www.amazon.com...
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[@valentinadimitrova3850]

Hi, Chris. I really enjoyed this interesting insight into Antigone. I somehow thought of the Döpelganger motif, which I am interested in, so this is a very valid perspective for my research.

[@annadrake3839]

I've never heard the term "doubling," but I have heard of parallelism. I also worry about making Sophocles into a "feminist" when the feminist movement hadn't even happened yet and most of Athens still believed in women strictly maintaining a domestic role. I've heard it argued that she only takes on this role because all of her male relatives are dead and she no longer has representation, which might appeal to an Athenian audience intent on ensuring that all citizens have representation (including women through their fathers, brothers, husbands, etc.)

[@litwithchriss]

'Doubling' is a term I've taken from the collected essays in the description, Anna. Admittedly, I hadn't heard the idea coined in this way before either. As for feminism, I think your point is valid. Whilst some refer to him as a 'proto-feminist' it is a contentious interpretation given the little we know about him contextually.

[@daulmr]

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