... that there are many facets to human nature. In looking at only two characters in Greek writings; Oedipus from Oedipus the King written by Sophocles and Medea from Medea written by Euripides, we can see two different reactions to adversity in tragedy. Medea, when faced with the loss of her husband to another woman, turns vengeful and murderous, "the emotions of the woman whose love has ... greatest salvation of all,- For the wife not to stand apart from the husband. But now there's hatred everywhere. Love is diseased." (Euripides 642). When Medea is tossed aside by her husband, she has d...

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... views up until her death. Antigone's stubbornness and unwillingness to give in to Kreon makes the king angry and frustrated. He feels as if his authority is being challenged, and by a female at that. He definitely thinks that she has crossed the line, and is not behaving in a way that a lady should. Her criticisms towards his reign seem to undermine his ... passing, leaves behind a heroic legacy that will not soon be forgotten. Sophocles set the stage for subsequent playwrights to follow in his footsteps and create works centering on powerful females. Euripides" Medea is a character who...

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