Similarities Between Breed And Antigone

In order to understand how Bree Newsome echoes Antigone, one must first compare who they are vaguely. Both Bree and Antigone are of the same gender and attempt to prove women power. Women are not often portrayed as strong, but delicate. The time period that Antigone was written women were supposed to obey all rules. Antigone was not the woman that followed the law. On the other hand, Bree Newsome was a woman and colored too. As quoted by Nonprofit Quarterly writer Shafaq Hasan “‘It was decided that this role should go to a black woman and that a white man should be the one to help her over the fence…’” Bree Newsome was not one person activist. She was involved in an activist group called Blackbird. Blackbird is a multiracial group open more