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The Inferiority Of Women By Euripide

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However, the inferiority of women is largely explored by Euripides as the play is set where it situates the women into submissive and unjust roles. The Corinthian women do not have the right to speak out of turn or else they’d have face the unwanted consequences. The conformity within the society shows the fear embedded amongst them as they were obeying the men and showing docile behaviour. What Euripides is undermining is that within the Greek society women are portrayed to be man’s property, which begs the question of why it is present through its society as they have as much rights as men do. These were the times where in ancient Greece the status of women was inferior. They were unable to take part in any social institutions. Nevertheless,
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