In what ways are Antigone and Medea “striking back against power”?
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After reading the scenes from Antigone and Medea, and watching the video on women in Greek drama, in what ways are Antigone and Medea “striking back against power”? USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FROM THE READINGS.
BACKGROUND
Antigone
You are assigned to read the second scene from the play. In the first scene we learn that Antigone’s brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, had been fighting for control of Thebes and have killed each other. Creon, Antigone’s uncle, now rules the city and Antigone and Ismene, her sister, discuss their brothers’ death, lamenting both the loss and Creon’s order that if anyone tries to bury Polyneices, that person will be put to death. Despite this, Antigone decides to bury Polyneices.
Medea
You’re reading Episode II for class, in which Medea and her husband, Jason, have a heated conversation about his decision to abandon her and their children to marry a younger woman. In fact, the decision has already been made at the beginning of the play.
As you will see, she is unconvinced by his explanation and angered by his attitude. Multiple characters in the play are concerned about what Medea might do to herself or her children as a result of her grief.
