This essay compares and contrasts four women characters - Antigone (Sophocles;) Mrs. Mallard (Kate Chopin;) Aunt Georgiana (Willa Cather;) Margery (Jean Stubbs). All of these stories are understood in contexts of tragedies, where the characters are portrayed in kinds of suffering that is in-relation to the men of their lives; however, all women also represent significantly powerful representations of women who struggle within their relations to men. 3 pgs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.