Four Views on Women in Greek Tragedy
In the characters of Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Antigone
>and Medea, the ancient Greek playwrights Aeschylus,
>Sophocles, and Euripides offer four distinctly different
>views of the roles which women played in Greek society.
>While women definitely played a role which was subservient
>to the one played by men, it is obvious from these
>characters that women were seen by the ancient Greeks as
>capable of being strong, intelligent, resourceful, loyal,
>and heroic. These characters also show the …
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…at rage puts it on a par with an
>elemental force of nature. There seems to me to be an
>implied warning here that women should be treated with
>respect. Indeed, whenever the women have been treated
>poorly, retribution comes against those who have misused
>them. In the case of Medea and Clytemnestra, this
>retribution comes from their own hands, but those around
>Jocasta and Antigone suffer as well.
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