Oedipus Rex Women

Oedipus rex is a well-known Greek play that was performed by Sophocles during 429 BC. A play that emphasizes on Greek tragedy and Greek Oracles. In this play, there is a lot of tension on just the guys and how they really use their anger to fix their problems. Not really focusing on the women in this passage, but when they do come into the play they show a lot of strength and affection. Women have more independent roles while men have more independent roles. Greek society has many types of women. I would say many are similar to women today. Back than Greek women spent their time usually indoors than outdoors. They didn’t really have a job and if they did it was making clothes. They would use their extra time spinning yarn to make clothes
Mortality rate during birth and after were high. As soon as the baby was born they would go to the father and see what his decision was. Going back to the men having all the power this is a good case in point. The husband then would end up keeping the baby or expose it which basically means adoption. If the father wishes to keep the child they would perform a ceremony on the 7th day after the baby was born. Male babies were most wanted due to them having more rights and female babies were least wanted since they do not have any rights. That’s why when they are adopted they are raised to become a prostitute or a slave. (While they get older at age 7 they are taken from their families to be reared by the state). While a woman is closely supervised under her mother’s vision until the age 15. While growing up the mother’s shows their daughters how to cook, clean, pamper their man and take care of children. The women in Greek society also show them how they will be treated and how they should react. So say a mother doesn’t teach them the right way to treat a man and the daughter is a rebel. Well, a man will not accept that in a wife so she would get punished or