How do the characters of "Antigone" in Anouilh's play Antigone and "Medea" from Euripides's play Medea cope with the competition from other more beautiful and socially successful women?

Both of the plays Medea and Antigone have tragic themes and their main characters are women who find themselves unhappy and so decide to act on behalf of these feelings. In both cases the result is a climax at the end of the play in the form of several deaths. One of the main reasons they decide to act is because they find it difficult to cope with competition of other women. Both Jean Anouilh …

…and take the plot to a very dramatic finish. Both authors have succeeded to portray their heroines as in able to cope with the competition of other women in terms of beauty and social status, primarily through the impetuosity and impulsiveness that the heroines have been created to display. This has allowed the authors to use them in their aim to achieve powerful climaxes in their plays, where the heroine's actions result in multiple deaths.