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    Medea and Themes

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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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    Medea - Techniques

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    In the play Medea‚ by Euripides‚ many techniques are incorporated to augment the compelling persona of the protagonist‚ Medea. She has an overpowering presence‚ which is fashioned through the use of imagery‚ offstage action and language. Dramatic suspense‚ employment of the chorus and Deus Ex Machina also serve to enhance the intense persona assumed by Medea. <br> <br>Medea is frequently associated with images of violence and rage. "She’s wild. Hate’s in her blood. /She feeds her rage…Stormclouds

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    Meditating on Medea

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    Meditating on Medea 1. Who is to blame for the tragedies that occur? This is a difficult question‚ because there is more than one character that can be blamed for the tragedies that occurred. First of all there is Jason who could be blamed‚ because he betrayed Medea by marrying the daughter of king Creon. Medea was hoping to spend a happy life with him and she betrayed her family by killing her own brother only to support Jason. Therefore he is somehow responsible for the anger that Medea feels.

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    On Teaching Medea

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    TEACHING EURIPIDES’ MEDEA K.O. Chong-Gossard Euripides’ Medea remains one of the most often performed Greek tragedies today‚ and one of the favourite tragedies for secondary school students to read in Classics or English courses. Since there is a tremendous amount of scholarship already published on this play of plays‚ this article is intended to provide a quick reminder of the background to the play‚ a discussion of the character of the chorus and the character of Medea‚ and thus a variety

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    Medea by Euripides

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    Medea by Euripides Copyright Notice ©1998-2002; ©2002 by Gale Cengage. Gale is a division of Cengage Learning. Gale and Gale Cengage are trademarks used herein under license. For complete copyright information on these eNotes please visit: http://www.enotes.com/medea/copyright eNotes: Table of Contents 1. Medea: Introduction 2. Medea: Euripides Biography 3. Medea: Summary 4. Medea: Themes 5. Medea: Style 6. Medea: Historical Context 7. Medea: Critical Overview 8. Medea: Character Analysis

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    Foreshadowing In Medea

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    3) Give an example for the type(s) of irony used (dramatic‚ situational‚ and verbal). Situational irony was when Medea told Creon that she needed one more day and then she would leave because she didn’t have anywhere else to stay. [pic] 1) How does Euripedes portray women throughout the play?

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    Condemning Medea

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    Medea is an impeccable example of a woman being controlled by the ravaging effects of love. Unfortunately‚ those effects lead Medea to commit a serious transgression: murder. She takes the life of not only a king and his daughter‚ but also of two of her own children. Although the king’s death was more of an adverse consequence than a direct murder‚ Medea planned all of their deaths down to the last detail. The prosecution charges her with four counts of premeditated murder. The prosecution would

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    Manipulation in Medea

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    and morals‚ ancient Greek tragedies are no exception. Throughout Euripides?s play Medea‚ there is a common theme of manipulation. Medea manipulates everyone from the princess to her own children. She does this in order to reap revenge upon Jason‚ who was her husband but betrayed their marriage to marry the princess. Manipulation‚ as portrayed through Medea‚ can both aid and destroy a person’s morale. First‚ Medea manipulates the chorus so that they do not tell the people of Corinth about her plan

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    Filicide in Medea

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    Reflective Statement #3 In “Medea” by Euripides‚ Medea end up committing filicide. At the end of the play she kills both of her children. She claims that she does it to prevent their humiliation and her being embarrassed by her peers. I’ve learned that in most cases the mother is the one who commits filicide. That makes sense to me that it is more likely for Medea to kill the kids than Jason. I learned that in most cases of filicide the child is under six years old. In the play Medea specifically mentions

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    Medea Essay

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    revenge takes in both Medea and The Thousand and One Nights is detrimental to a numerous of characters and results in the loss of many lives. The need to avenge someone for their wrong doings against you indicates that this was a common form in seeking justice during these ancient times‚ but through these two literary works it is apparent that gender plays a crucial role in how one goes about seeking revenge on their targeted subjects. In Medea the lead character Medea is a very clever and crafty

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