... 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 fact, the aforementioned women have personalities ... men, committing daring deeds and following their instincts. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate as such these laudable qualities embodied by Antigone and Medea, and prove that the two are, indeed, examples of brave, heroic females. Antigone, which was written by Sophocles in 422 b.c., is ...

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