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Antigone Vs Medea

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ANTIGONE

  • Very family oriented
  • Determined to save her family
  • More logical than Medea
  • Owns up to her wrong doings
  • Didn't harm anyone

MEDEA

  • Very selfish motivation
  • Doesn't own up to her wrong doings
  • Over reacts to situations
  • Very dramatic
  • Killed many people
  • Could have handled the situation much better

SIMILARITIES

  • Strong characters
  • Stand up for what they think is right
  • Both rebel from law
  • Make themselves have some sort of power
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SOPHOCLES

  • Too much power can go to people's head (message in past)

SOPHOCLES

  • People need to put their family first in order to maintain healthy relationships (message for today)
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SOPHOCLES

  • So what?
  • Having to much power in one place causes problems not only with other people but with your own family.

EURIPEDES

  • Women can take control and can have power (message back then)

EURIPIDES

  • Be faithful to your spouse and that men should not have so much more power over women (message today)
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EURIPIDES

  • So what?
  • Women can be independent and fend for themselves, men do not need to be in constant control of women