Aristotle has long ago delineated a renowned definition of a Tragic Hero as 'an honourable protagonist with a tragic flaw'. This definition had been conveyed through time; from Euripides in ancient Greece to Jean Anouilh in 1940's France. In order to assess the degree of tragic heroism in both Euripides' Medea and the 'modern' Anouilh's Antigone it is essential to reminisce upon this definition with its further details, as will be clarified later on. By …showed first 75 words of 1907 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1907 total…been saved, but the miscalculations and to some degree fate did not allow it. While Anouilh makes a rebellious statement about Nazism: the horrors of a state where self sacrifice was ineffectual, Euripides has unusually for his time defended the interests of the suppressed female population, through Medea's controversial arguments. Accordingly both tragic heroines convey a revolutionary purpose and debatably, emphasize the sheer blindness of society in 1940's as well as that of ancient Greece.