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Comparing Female Characters in Euripides' Medea and Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone
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 political strength. She became
disappointed because she was unable to produce an heir to the throne. Seeking a
solution, Lauis went to the oracle at Delphi and asked how the proble might be
overcome. Instead, the oracle proclaimed that the son born to Jocasta would be
his murderer. Upon hearing the prophecy, Lauis rejected all women. This
infuriated Jocasta and she had gotten Lauis drunk, and slept with him. This
proves that Jocasta refuses to be outdone, even by her husband. When Jocasta
had given birth to a baby boy (Oedipus), Lauis had it sent away by a messenger
to die of exposure high in the mountains. A shepherd discovered the boy ...
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...crowd of
subservient women.
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*Although Medea is arguably the most intelligent character in Euripides’s piece, shown in her dialogue with Creon, she has become ridiculed, and viewed as barbarous and less desirable following her separation from Jason. She is no longer a wife to a Greek man. She is simply an outsider, and a burden on a prosperous
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Poetry, Drama, and the Essay. Ed. Joseph Terry. New York: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc, 2001. 123-154.
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Oedipus then continued his traveling, and arrived at the kingdom of Thebes, which was plagued by a horrible beast, they called the Sphinx. The frightful creature frequented the roads to the city, asking travelers her riddle then eating them when they could not answer correctly. Oedipus answered the riddle the Sphinx presented him with correctly, saving the city and becoming a hero. Believing that robbers had killed Laius, and grateful to Oedipus for ridding them of the dreadful Sphinx, the Thebans rewarded Oedipus by making him their king and graciously giving Queen Jocasta as his new wife.
Works Cited:.. Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1991.