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    Hell Hath No Fury like Medea Scorned In Euripides’s Medea‚ revenge can lead to destructive actions. This theme is a central part to the tragedy‚ mostly because it pops up time and time again. Euripides‚ through the use of motif‚ makes Medea’s desire for revenge seem conceivable. Not only has Jason left her by marrying Creon’s daughter‚ but Creon has exiled her from Corinth because she “nourish[es] rancorous ill will toward [Jason and Creusa] whom [he] intends to protect” (Euripides 92). The protagonist

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    Medea is a drama/tragedy play about one unhappiness love written by Euripides who lived in fifth century BC. As we know‚ most myths showing us aspects of human nature. The entire play takes place on the island of Corinth in present day Greece. In the beginning of the book‚ the main heroine‚ Medea‚ starts to threaten revenge on her husband‚ Jason. She states “If I can find the means or devise any scheme to pay my husband back for what he has done to me”. Through this she is just touching on her anger

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    Medea practice essay- by Thomas McKernan Because Medea has supernatural powers she cannot represent the cause of women in society. Euripides brazenly outlines that the essence of his play‚ “Medea‚” will revolve around the denigrating role of women in a patriarchal society. “Medea: Of all creatures that can feel and think‚ we women are the worst treated things alive. (31)” The playwright uses metaphor and symbolism to translate his message of egalitarianism through his work. Euripides very much

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    Feminist Perspective in “The Awakening” In The Awakening‚ Chopin describes how the perfect man or woman should look according to society. The Awakening was published in 1899 which “aroused a storm of controversy for its then unprecedented treatment of female independence and sexuality‚ and for its unromantic portrayal of marriage.” (Chopin‚ 1899‚ Note) Women were expected to be obedient housewives and a doting mother to their children. The statement; “If it was not a women’s place to look after

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    and the Odyssey. Both of these ancient authors used strong women in their works. In Euripides Medea‚ the main character of the same name is a force to be reckoned with. The play starts out just after the divorce of Jason and Medea. Jason has left Medea for a younger princess and Medea is the stereotypical woman scorned. The play takes an odd and slightly twisted change of pace when Medea plots revenge on Jason and kills the princess‚ her father‚ and her own two children. Conversely‚ in Homer’s

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    The Power of Fate vs. Free Will in Medea and Macbeth Throughout both Medea and Macbeth‚ there is a clear and heavy presence of the gods. This begs the question‚ are the characters in charge of their own destiny‚ or are their fates already written? Fate is described as “that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny.” It can be said that it is the gods who are in charge of creating the character’s fates. In both Medea and Macbeth‚ there is a common theme of placing too much trust into fate‚ rather

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    Analysis of Euripides’ Medea and Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex Greek tragedies are some of the most compelling and interesting works of literature. The plot usually follows a common patten in which a heroic lead meets an unhappy or catastrophic end. This end is usually brought about by some fatal flaw of character‚ circumstances beyond his or her control‚ or by sheer destiny. In Medea‚ a tragedy written by Euripides‚ the focus is on conflict in human spirit between Medea’s love for her children and

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    Yet throughout history‚ motherhood has been warped; it is not always a choice for a woman to delight in and explore‚ it is sometimes forced upon her or used against her‚ making her a victim of her own womanhood. Although Addie Bundren‚ Sethe‚ and Medea made mistakes‚ some unforgivable‚ they were all victims of motherhood. From the moment they were inducted into motherhood‚ they were destined to fail‚ as their circumstances never boasted of success. They must not be judged just as we would judge an

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    In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ted talk titled “We Should All Be Feminists”‚ Adichie discusses the subject matter of what the word feminists means and how feminism still affects her life today. In one of the most important points of Adichie’s speech‚ she discusses how she was led to believe that being a feminist was a bad thing‚ and how boys are put on a higher pedestal than women from the many examples she gave‚ like how a boy in her primary school was given the position of class monitor‚ just for

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    seventeenth-century Boston. On the surface‚ this novel’s tale is the opposite of proto-feminist‚ a term applied to works that show the emergence of modern feminist concepts. Via the actions and characteristics main characters‚ or perhaps heroines of the novel‚ Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl‚ Hawthorne is able to contrast them with society’s expectations‚ showing them to be proto-feminist characters within a proto-feminist novel. In Puritan society‚ gender roles are distinct‚

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