Three Female Characters In Greek Tragedies
Three Female Characters in Greek Tragedies
Jim Creus
Mrs. Baldi
English IV
2/18/97
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 upon men with authority and political power. It is an
inescapable fate that one of these characters will fall, and that the Gods have
control over everyone's fate. Each dominant female character portrays her
willpower and commitment to their beliefs. This is what leads to the inevitable
tragedy.
In Oedipus the King, Jocasta, is Oedipus' wife and the sister of Creon.
She became a part of doomed Theban dynasty when she married Laius, the King of
Thebes. As a result, the marriage had brought together two branches of the
family of Cadmus and seemed to guarantee......
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