Medea and Antigone In the plays Medea, and Antigone, by Euripides and Sophocles, two women are portrayed as independent, stubborn individuals. Love between two people is clearly tested in each play. In the tragic play Medea, Medea's husband Jason betrays Medea and decides ... of what they were told they did and said what they wanted. This was a very modern characteristic for these women to possess. The plays Medea and Antigone, by Euripides and Sophocles, portrayed two very strong women. Both Medea and Antigone possessed characteristics that were very modern and extremely admirable. In both ...

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