Three Female Characters in Greek Tragedies

Title: Three Female Characters in Greek Tragedies
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Three Female Characters in Greek Tragedies

Language is awkward, run on sentences, not to the point Jim Creus                                                                        Mrs. Baldi English IV                                                                        2/18/97 Three Female Characters in Greek Tragedies                  In the times of the ancient Greeks, women had an unpretentious role. They were expected to do take on the accepted role of a woman. In most cases, a woman's role is restricted to bearing young, raising children, and housework. In Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Antigone, and Medea, the dominant female characters impacted …showed first 75 words of 1481 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1481 total…ignorance to the prophecies, and her devotion to Oedipus, act as her spotlight as she breaks the mold of typical women. Antigone's willpower and loyalty to the Gods burial demands and her brother portray her as a strong person. Medea's drive and determination, although not with good intent, characterizes her as a strong woman. All three have shown their acceptance of their fate at one time. They stand out in a crowd of subservient women.

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