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Three Female Characters In Greek Tragedies
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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 fem ....
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....killed everyone who had guessed
incorrectly. This had riddled Thebes' commerce and left its people disgruntled.
To make matters worse, news reached the city that Lauis had been killed by
unknown assailants. Desperate and in need of help, Creon (now the regent of
Thebes) had offered up the throne and Jocasta to anyone who could solve the
Sphinx's riddle.
In the meantime, Oedipus came across the Sphinx and solved the riddle.
He ended up in Thebes because he went to the oracle at Delphi just lik.... |
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