Worth The Lives Of Your Kids? When Medea decides to take matters in to her own hands‚ about punishing the people who have done wrong to her‚ she is accused of wanting not justice—vengeance. Because I am not a native of neither Corinth nor Colchis‚ I have my own view about her motives. However‚ I would agree with the Corinthian Women‚ Medea is seeking vengeance; not justice. Some people might argue that Medea is seeking justice. When in actuality‚ Medea wants vengeance. The opposition would
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World literature Antigone vs. Medea Whether it be Medea who kills her sons‚ Antigone who buries her brother‚ both female characters hold a common goal of seeking either revenge or avenge as well as rebel against authority in the name of her beliefs. However‚ the female roles in both plays are associated with death. Furthermore‚ their twisted family history also seem to contribute to the result of each tragedy. Both main characters are characterized as bold‚ stubborn‚ outspoken
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In the play‚ Medea‚ characterization is used to reveal the protagonist. Medea was first produced in 431 BC by the author‚ Euripides. In the story‚ Jason decides to go to a lady which he believes is a better match than Medea. Later‚ Medea gives Jason a gift to give to the daughter of Creon. But that gift is poisoned and it leads to the death of Creon’s daughter‚ Glauce. In the play‚ Medea‚ the protagonist is Medea. The characters at the beginning of the play talk about Medea and discuss about her
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In Euripides’ play “Medea” the main character is a powerful‚ but controversial woman – Medea herself. Reading the story some people might be confused with the actions that the protagonist decides to take. She is violent‚ vindictive‚ bloody and seemingly crazy. By looking at actions alone‚ Medea would certainly be considered evil. However‚ the author creates a character decidedly more complex. We can see it through the background story of the character and development of the play’s plot. That is
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1. Medea can be said to represent all women of this time who suffers as a result of their inferior status in Greek society. Medea is a representation of the mistreatment of women in Greek society. In the play‚ she complains of how unfairly women were treated. For instance‚ she complains “For women‚ divorce is not respectful; to repel the man‚ not possible. Still more‚ a foreign woman‚ coming among new laws‚ new customs‚ needs the skill of magic to find out what her home could not teach her‚ how
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matter what you say‚ it’s too late to talk about it.” Those song lyrics acutely describes Medea’s rage. There was no crime great enough to repay Jason for the hurt and pain he put her through. The character Medea depicts how irrational and extreme a woman can be when she pushed off the edge. Act two opens with what seems to be Medea contemplating: “How did Jason find the power to do it? First he took my father and the country that we ruled away from me. Now he cast aside the seed of my existence—ruthlessly
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1. We learn that medea and Jason both absconded from medeas home country‚ which meant betraying them and killing medea’s family in the process. Once they were in their current country they had two kids‚ then Jason left them for the princess of the lands. And now medea is heartbroken and murderous. 2. The tutor has heard that Creon plans to throw Medea and her progeny out of the country. 3. The nurse fears for medea’s children because she is murderous and slightly insane. Anything that reminds her
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Medea Novel Analysis In Euripides’ Medea‚ there is an interesting plot with a set of complex characters. Medea is the tragedy of Medea and her conflicts with her husband; Jason‚ and the town of Corinth. Although the play was written over two thousand years ago‚ many aspects and themes involved in the plot still can still relate to the problems most couples face today. The story was set in ancient Greece‚ in the town of Corinth; around two thousand years ago. Euripides’ play is written
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Similar to the Chorus‚ the Nurse is also very compassionate with Medea and depicts the effect of Jason’s actions on her and her children. The wickedness and evilness of Jason is highlighted as his betrayal of Medea resulted in his misery. In the same time‚ they let the audience know of her internal conflict‚ as “this passion of hers is an irresistible flood.” (p. 23). As mentioned by the Chorus‚ Medea’s hate is not only for the broken oath but it is also for her loneliness‚ as they say to her: “a
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Medea is the tragic tale of a woman scorned. It was written in 431 B.C. by the Greek playwright‚ Euripides. Eruipides was the first Greek poet to suffer the fate of so many of the great modern writers: rejected by most of his contemporaries (he rarely won first prize and was the favorite target for the scurrilous humor of the comic poets)‚ he was universally admired and revered by the Greeks of the centuries that followed his death(“Norton Anthology”). Euripides showed
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