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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.... 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 ex ....
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