Medea and her family‚ including Jason are all outsiders‚ as the setting of this story is in Corinth‚ where Medea left her hometown for. They are all there as foreigners‚ hence they are all considered as outsiders in the country. Medea is an outsider in 4 ways. Firstly‚ she is a foreigner like her family members. Secondly‚ she is a woman in this patriarchal society of ancient Greek. Thirdly‚ she is a semi-goddess in a human world. Lastly‚ she does not fit into the gender stereotype of women at that
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CASE STUDIES 1. Jason Jason is a 38-year-old factory worker who came into the treatment center after being arrested for drinking and driving (DUI/DWI). His attorney has suggested that he quit drinking and enter treatment at least until his trial‚ which is scheduled in two months. Jason does not anticipate serving jail time‚ but he believes that treatment could strengthen his legal case. After his first arrest for DUI two years ago‚ he simply paid a fine and attended a special driver’s education
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Medea the lead character Medea is a very clever and crafty to woman. She uses her wits to seek retribution against her husband Jason after he leaves her for another woman. She says‚ “Through being considered clever I have suffered much” (Euripides 693). We see that Medea has experienced what she believes to be the ultimate betrayal‚ and it has not been justified by Jason. All of her actions throughout the play are motivated by this single act. Throughout all the atrocious crimes that Medea commits
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restrain and control her own words‚ hiding her true intentions as she effects her revenge; in particular by suppressing her “feminine” instinct to lament. The result of this combination of verbal autonomy and verbal self-restraint is her victory over Jason and the verbal mastery she evinces in the conclusion of the play. (55)” Within Brad Levett’s essay there are three key elements that strongly support my ideas bout Medea’s characteristics. He restates that verbal autonomy and verbal self-restraint
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Week 7 Learning Activity 1. Was the relationship among Grace and her sons a partnership for a term or a partnership at will? Grace Tengalhat and her sons‚ Manny and Jason verbally agreed to share the business for five years. “Partnership for a term is a partnership that exists for a specified duration or until a specified event occurs‚” (uslegal.com)‚ since they agreed for five years‚ this is a partnership for term. A partnership at will is when a partnership is made with no fixed term. 2. Did
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Software‚ Inc. Seven years ago‚ Jason Fernando‚ after 15 years as a public accountant with a major accounting firm‚ started Software Inc. in 2006. In the preceding two years he had developed a sophisticated cost-accounting software program that became Software’s initial product offering. As the firm grew‚ Jason intended to develop and expand the software product offerings which would relate to streamlining the accounting processes of medium- to large-sized manufacturing companies. Software Inc
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book is a lottery where slips of papers are drawn from a box to select one person from the village. The person selected is a scapegoat and is stoned to death in the town square by every single villager. The viewpoint in the movie version is seen from Jason. Within the first fifteen minutes we see the immorality and corruption of modern day society through his experiences. Jason’s in traffic: he finds a dead body; he witnesses the death of his father in a mental hospital and comes home to being dumped
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appealingness of Political machines was mostly to immigrants‚ who were struggling to find jobs in large cities‚ such as New York (“Lowe‚ Jason”). Immigrants were willing to do any job generally for less payment because they were so desperate for a job (“Lowe‚ Jason”). For twelve years‚ Boss Tweed reigned over New York and gave generously during the winter (“Lowe‚ Jason”). This generosity consisted of turkeys on Christmas and coal given in the winter (“Corruption Runs Wilds”). Rewards such as these were
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Medea study guide Themes used in Medea - Passion and Rage Medea is a woman of extreme behavior and extreme emotion. For her passionate love for Jason‚ she sacrificed all‚ committing unspeakable acts on his behalf. But his betrayal of her has transformed passion into rage. Her violent and intemperate heart‚ formerly devoted to Jason‚ now is set on his destruction. The Greeks were very interested in the extremes of emotion and the consequences of leaving emotion unchecked; they also tended to
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the early hours of this morning‚ Marco Lazar‚ popular local identity and owner of Marco’s Supermarket‚ was shot dead in his house…’ Dad fixed me with his cold‚ deadly eye.’ Jason‚ where were you last night?’ * Jason Pook The novel of Damian Morgan‚ Night Fill is a non-fictional mystery story. The story starts when Jason Pook sets a trap to catch the thieves who are stealing from the supermarket. Suddenly the plan backfires that night; he is the one that trapped in the market while enigmatic
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