... mother. However the plays of that time do not reflect the evidence that we have about the women in classical Athens. The tragedies of Medea, Antigone, Electra, and even Agamemnon, show women are strong and free willed and are capable of doing things on their own. In Euripides" Medea, ... Medea is constantly talking about the conditions that women face in her time. Sophocles Antigone is a very impressive portrayal of a woman in fifth century Athens, and she is able to produce sympathy from the audience, making the audience aware ... over us." The idea of being controlled or dominated by ...

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... seem to think it necessary to restrain the roles of the fairer sex in their works. The presence of strong female lead characters, such as the title protagonists in Sophocles" Antigone and Euripides" Medea, shows that women do not always have to remain passive and in the background of a plot. In ... against the determined mindset of her sister, serving as a foil that highlights the good, and hero-like qualities inherent in the latter. For, against Ismene's protests Antigone chooses to walk, willingly, into the hands of danger, " what I shall suffer will be far less dire than dying an ig...

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... as Oedipus and Medea portrayed many views of the Greek society and those of the playwrites themselves. One can see through the works of Greek plays such as, "Oedipus" or "Antigone", "Medea", and other historical accounts that the Greeks believed that there is no happiness where there is no wisdom. In the work of Sophocles" "Oedipus" and ... "Antigone" wisdom is one of the key elements in the shaping the characters and story line. Oedipus, who is the main character in "Oedipus", is used to show the audience how the lack of wisdom can effect the ... ...

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... the start of the play in heroic terms. Her language and action, as well as the familiar frame in which they operate, mark her as a heroic character, one of those characters whose purpose was specific, whose defiance of threats and advice, whose refusal to betray their own ideal vision were the preoccupation of Sophoclean tragedy. Medea is presented to the audience ... consequences of her action, and goes safely to Athens. Medea's success contrasts her completely from other Greek heroes. Ajax triumphs but he is dead; Oedipus wins, but he is blind; Antigone achieves victory after she hang...

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