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That they rebel in male-dominated societies and that they commit suicide because of the short-term failure of their struggles is a way of comparing the struggles of the female character Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) with that of the female main character Emma Bovary in "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1921 - May 8, 1880).

Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone challenges the non-burial edict of her uncle, King Creon. She does the great but unthinkable deed of giving her brother Polyneices the god-given below ground burial rites that the edict denies. She endures interrogation and sentencing, but commits suicide before live burial and starvation can run their course.

Likewise, Emma Bovary looks her boring life straight in the face and dislikes what she sees. She makes attempts at personal happiness and professional success by having affairs and organizing a business. But economics and hostile male figures ruin her. She takes her life before personal and professional disgrace can take their course.

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Q: How do Emma Bovary of the novel 'Madame Bovay' and Antigone of the play 'Antigone' compare in their struggles as females?
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