The Disintegration of Traditional Image: On Antigone’s Free Will and Action
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https://doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v10i1.10931Keywords:
Antigone, Action, Free will, Judith Butler, Lacan.Abstract
In the great tragedy Antigone, for a long time, it seems that the study of female image, Antigone, is imprisoned in the Oedipus family and ancient Greek city-state, family ethics and city-state law, feminism and masculinity. However, based on deconstructionism, American scholar Judith Butler advocated breaking the binary opposition of gender category. In the paper, the image formula of Antigone is broken based on Butler’s revelation of the gender category and the construction of kinship, and combined with the “desire” doctrines of Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic ethics. It highlights Antigone’s free will and action, which is of great significance to clarify Antigone’s spirit of freedom and enrich her image.
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