"I would not be a queen to all the world." (Henry VIII) King Henry summarizes in a short sentence the attitude that men have had towards women for centuries. For centuries, men have treated women as second-class citizens. They always considered themselves superior. In the comedies Antigone and A Doll's House there are clear examples of conflicts between men and women. In the play Antigone, the character Antigone broke the law to do what she thought was right. Creon, her uncle and king, was frustrated that she didn't listen to him because women during that time always did what they were told. In A Doll's House the protagonist Nora took drastic measures to save her husband's life. However, she broke the law by getting a loan to pay for the trip to rescue her husband. When her husband finds out she has to pay off a loan, he gets angry and doesn't even ask her why she did it. He was too focused on the fact that his actions would cause him to lose his manly pride. In both plays, men have shown that they can be very stubborn, controlling, and often too concerned about their pride when it comes to women. Men have proven over the years that they can be very stubborn when they don't get what they want. way. They not only showed this quality in real life, but they also showed it in plays like Antigone. Creon, one of the main characters of the work, demonstrates this characteristic by saying: “Stop, before I suffocate with anger, the gods! You, are you senile, must you be mad?" when he learns that someone has disobeyed his law. (Sophocles 25) Men felt like they had a superior role in society, so if they didn't like the outcome of the situation, they often exaggerated ... in the middle of the paper... in the way, they are very controlling and are too worried about their pride and this has to improve. At the end of Antigone, Creon ends up losing everyone he had loved behavior ended up being his undoing. At the end of A Doll's House, Helmer loses his wife because he realizes that the way he treated her was not the way she wanted to be treated and since he didn't change his mind, she has him. left Both works are excellent examples of how men's egos dictated their behavior and ultimately ruined them theater. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw Hill Glencoe, 2004.140-202. Print.Sophocles. Antigone. World Literature: An Anthology of Great Stories, Poetry, and Drama. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw Hill Glencoe, 2004. 14-57. Press.