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" Most of the women in Greek tragedies have their fates predetermined. The gods dictate that such and such will happen to them, and everything they predict comes true. Not Medea. "

Diana Rigg

Everything

True

Will

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Generation

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Left

Hope

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Diana Rigg

Critics

Never

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Diana Rigg

Lose

Why

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