Medea's Oppression Of Women In Ancient Greece

In Ancient Greece women lacked rights, they were oppressed by their society, and looked upon as lesser beings. Medea expresses this thought throughout the play, and provides a voice for the women of Ancient Greece, for instance when Medea exclaims, “Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we woman are the most wretched” (Medea, 24). Medea voices her belief on the injustice that lingers in Ancient Greece, defending and representing women as a whole and depicting the plethora of ways that woman are denied their basic human rights, she also goes as far as calling their existence wretched. One instance of Medea voicing the opinions of women, on the topic of marriages and how women are treated as property is when she says, “ […] We have