Analysis of Euripides‚ Medea. In this paper I will analyze and dissect the written play Medea‚ and give direct supporting evidence of my interpretation‚ from the play and my knowledge of the Greek theatre acquired in chapter 3 and 11 in The Enjoyment Of Theatre. Euripides great tragedy Medea‚ although written in 431 B.C. is a very true to life story in today’s world. It is about a woman betrayed by her husband‚ and how her jealousy and overwhelming pain drive her to seek revenge on
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the stories of Jason and Medea and Ariadne and Theseus‚ the central characters make rash decisions and manipulate love for their personal advantages which leads to their destruction or destruction around them. In several Greek myths‚ love is a selfish act on behalf of the characters and this selfishness leads to tragedy. In the Quest for the Golden Fleece‚ Jason manipulates the love between him and Medea for his personal benefit‚ resulting in calamity within his family. When Jason confronts her
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Medea communicates with the chorus in a rash way in the Jeffers adaptation. Furthermore‚ instead of being cunning and well spoken‚ she uses fear to provoke the response she desires from the women. In fact‚ her speeches do not seem well-thought out in this version‚ they just appear to say what is on her mind at the moment. Consequently‚ the speeches of this version are significantly shorter than her speeches in the Norton version. She quickly says what she wants to say and quickly gets to the next
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Euripides’s Medea‚ where a crazed Medea kills her children in order to attain revenge on her cheating husband. This tale parallels real life tragedies such as the story that waved national news in 1997 when Susan Eubanks killed her four children to gain vengeance towards the men in her life. Although hundreds of years separate these two stories‚
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In the play‚ Medea‚ translated by Robinson Jeffers‚ Medea is presented with many choices. These choices have big impacts on her and her peers’ lives. When reading‚ it felt like a children’s scary story where you were able to chose your own fate. Medea had many opportunities to chose her own outcome. Through her choices‚ she created great pain and a great story. First‚ the all-female chorus held many representations in the play. When they sang and said what they felt‚ no actions were taken to help
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the plays Hedda Gabler‚ Hedda Gabler‚ and in Medea‚ Medea‚ both did not accept their typical role in society as women. Similarities that may connect these women and their refusal to be a typical woman are that they both were high class‚ and that they were both raised by their fathers. Differences that set Hedda Gabler and Medea apart are that Hedda cared deeply about her reputation‚ and that Medea has true love for her husband‚ Jason. Both women‚ Medea and Hedda‚ were raised in a very high class
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and The Flaw By Phanit Asavanamaung 10B Stories are told in many styles‚ through different medias; all which are to entertain or educate its audience. Christopher Booker‚ the author of the book ’The Seven Basic Plots’‚ introduces the idea of the seven basics categories of any story told. The seven basic archetypes are Over Coming the Monster‚ Rags to Riches‚ The Quest‚ Voyage and Return‚ Comedy‚ Rebirth and Tragedy. Tragedy as one of the seven archetypes‚ are found in any type of stories; from
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Medea displays several characteristics of feminism by giving power to a woman. Medea’s husband‚ Jason‚ has married another woman. Then‚ Creon banishes Medea and her two sons from Corinth. However‚ she is not the kind of woman who sits back and weeps when betrayed‚ but rather plans revenge‚ finding a way to kill them all. She does not feel the need to lower her self-worth in comparison to that of a man’s and within this‚ are the signs of feminism. Through the school of feminist criticism and analysis
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ruler of our bodies. And this misfortune adds still more troubles to the grief we have. Then comes the crucial struggle: this husband we’ve selected‚ is he good or bad? For a divorce loses women all respect‚ yet we can’t refuse to take a husband." (Medea‚ 263-272). A woman could not function in society without the influence or permission of a man. How does a woman left in divorce survive? In this world‚ they don’t. Women must accomplish above and beyond their husband’s expectations in order to satisfy
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The Dramatic Appeal of Human Props in Greek Drama In both The Medea and Lysistrata‚ powerful women wage wars against the male-dominated status quo‚ harnessing minor characters as pawns to achieve their desired ends. Like all dramatic props‚ these manipulated characters do not have motivations or character arcs‚ nor do they single-handedly propel the action of either play. They serve as symbols rather than people‚ vehicles which Euripides’ and Aristophanes’ female protagonists
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