How does Anouilh’s Antigone especially his heroine relate to these different portrayals of women in French culture?

Antigone Part One: Changing Views of Women in France: Joan of Arc (1412-1431) has long been a national heroine, even before she was officially declared a saint in 1920. For her fellow French countrymen, she’s long been associated with holiness, courage, and patriotism. During the French Revolution in the 1790’s, the new French Republic developed […]