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Strong Before Their Time
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Thesis: Despite the subordinate roles of women in ancient Greek times, Antigone and Medea proved to be strong characters.
I. Men they had to overcome
A. Antigone- Creon
B. Medea- Kreon and Jason
II. Fight for beliefs
A. Antigone- burial of Polynices
B. Medea- love
III. Ultimat ....
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....is rule and sentences her to death. “ Go down below and love, if love you must- love the dead! while I’m alive no woman is going to lord over me!”( Sophocles 646). Creon later states that no woman will rule him. He is sexist and appalled someone, let alone a lowly woman, would defy him. “Greek women had virtually no political rights of any kind and were controlled by men at every stage of their lives.”( Campbellsport). Creon realizes what he did was wrong, but not soon enough to stop the su.... |
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