The duties of the individual to oneself and the state, as shown in Antigone and A Doll’s House.

The duties of the individual to oneself and the state, as shown in Antigone and A Doll’s House. The main theme that can be seen in both plays is the duty to oneself, and the individual instead the of state or society. Should the two women, Nora in A Doll’s House, and Antigone in Antigone, do what the state and society tells them to do or if they should do what they would …

…a doll for her father and husband. Antigone opposed the state laws from the beginning and therefore could get a better understanding of herself. But what must be said is that when the state laws or the laws of society are opposed, the people become social outcasts, because they do not follow the rules anymore. Seemed that for both Nora and Antigone that it did not bother them, because they wanted to finally understand themselves.