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Essay / Standing Up to the Status Quo - 1200
Considering that traditional society considered women inferior to men, the female roles in each work challenge the status quo and make their audience's eyes more weary of society that they might have had before. supported without a doubt. The book We, and the plays Antigone and A Doll's House provide rich support for individual reasoning and ardent opposition to mindless devotion to the establishment. Zamyatin's story opens with a perspective of support for the fanatical institution, but at deeper levels of the commentary, contradictions already begin to spread. A potential allusion to Zamyatin's ideological confusion early in his life, the hidden meaning of We's opening lines reveals the trap of an ideal society. While Zamyatin believed that trust in society led to the decline of personal will, Sophocles argued that personal will was a better alternative to trust in society. Antigone remains true to her morals, even in direct violation of the laws established by the "Ship of State." Sophocles depicts human beings as the playthings of malevolent gods and goddesses; Ultimately, sticking to morality is the only way to escape the malevolent cycle plaguing Thebes. Ibsen provides common ground among the others, as Nora's awareness of the pitfalls of an ideal society drives her to seek new beginnings as a conscious, thoughtful individual. In the final scene of A Doll's House, Nora explains to Torvald the reasons which pushed him to leave him and abandon their family: "I believe that above all I am a reasonable human being, just like you - or, in in any case, I must try to become one. I know, Torvald, that most people would agree with you, and that opinions of this kind are found in books; but I can...... middle of paper ...... they are considered masters in their writing style (not to say Zamyatin was not) and their articles described below above became among the most well received in their repertoire, retaining its importance even today. Each author has constructed a story based on society and its quarks; a central pillar being that of misguided trust in a misguided society. Furthermore, this system discourages the atypical free thinker that it would do well to cultivate. Each author stands out in their own right for the insight of their works. The messages therein, revered and studied today, encourage scrutiny of an ideal society by demonstrating that reliance on such a notion weakens the strong-minded citizen necessary for true social harmony. Presented against the backdrop of wonderful stories, they competently convey their theses..