​How do Antigone and Medea challenge the notions of their day that women are, or should be, powerless?

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How do Antigone and Medea challenge the notions of their day that women are, or should be, powerless? 

Textbook:

Lawall, Sarah, ed. The Norton Anthology of Western Literature. 9th edition. Vol. 1.