Three Female Characters in Greek Tragedies

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Jim CreusMrs. Baldi
English IV2/18/97
Three Female Characters in Greek Tragedies
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 ha…