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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Medea Medea is a Greek tragedy which was written in 431 BC by the Greek philosopher Euripides. The story of Medea is one filled with anger‚ jealousy‚ and death. The main character‚ Medea‚ has to overcome the personal heartache of seeing her husband‚ Jason‚ marry another woman. The ensuing struggle she has with this notion is the focus of this play. In a very important scene‚ Medea hatches her plan to murder the princess‚ who is Jason’s new bride‚ as well as Jason himself. She says that first
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then admits that Medea is "clever‚ skilled in many evil arts." line 273‚ we are unable to relate to these arts‚ we do not poses the same abilities that Medea had and as a result‚ we are less sympathetic to her from the start‚ she is set apart from us. "I hear reports that you are threatening violence on me and on the bridegroom and his bride" line 275‚ this is the first time that we are told that Medea intends to hurt more than just Jason with her revenge‚ we start to see that Medea may not be all
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share similar characteristics. Medea from Euripides’s play Medea and Clytemnestra from Aeschylus’s play Agamemnon display and share tragic traits. They are both vengeful wives who share similarities in the cause of their vengeance but have some differences in their chosen means of revenge; as a result of successfully exacting their revenge both Clytemnestra and Medea cause their own downfall. Both Medea and Clytemnestra seek to hurt their husbands for betraying them. Medea uses the best source of revenge
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The Roles of Dido and Medea; A Comparison of Cultures Women in the ancient world did not have the rights or status as we do today. They were looked upon as possessions or property. For a woman to be strong or be allowed to hold a position of power was something that was unheard of. Medea and Dido were two very strong and powerful women‚ however each lived in slightly different cultures. Their choices in how they chose to wield their power gives us a small insight on the differences in
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The Role of the Chorus in Medea An important element in ancient Greek tragedies is the chorus‚ a near constant presence that typically played little to no role in the events that take place in the plays. In Medea‚ this idea stands true. The Chorus in Medea consists of Corinthian women‚ who mostly just lament the horrific things that are happening throughout the play. Euripides‚ the creator of the tragedy‚ seems to use the Chorus as an outside perspective‚ using them to illustrate his themes. The
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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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there is no other power at all so gracious" (Euripides). In the play Medea by Euripides‚ Medea is driven entirely by passion and fury and does not consider the consequences of what she is doing. She is so focused on her desire for vengeance that she does not stop to deem if what she is doing is right or wrong. Others around her do not console her but instead push Medea into her excessive nature. In the play Medea by Euripides‚ Medea allows others to rule her conscience which results in her destructive
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The Chorus influences our response to Medea and her actions in both a positive and negative manner. The Chorus‚ a body of approximately fifteen Corinthian women who associate the audience with the actors‚ is able to persuade and govern us indirectly through sympathy for what has been done to Medea‚ a princess of Colchis and the victim of her husband’s betrayal of love for another woman. The Chorus also lead us to through sympathy for Medea to accept her decision of taking revenge on princess Glauce
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Although Euripides play Medea creates feelings of fear in the audience‚ it also creates feeling of pity in the audience as well. Medea is firstly portrayed as a pitiful woman whose problem is much bigger than her own life. Facing the fact that she will be exiled very soon and the fact that she has nowhere to go‚ combined with her abhorrence towards her enemies‚ she starts to devise a plan that not only will set her free from her problems but also will cost a fortune to her enemies. But the audience
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