In the Greek tragedy Medea, Euripides shows standards set by society on how Medea should act as a mother and a wife. ... When applying this to Euripides" Medea it means, "the child murder is both an end (of the children's lives) and a beginning (of Medea's grief for them" (page 178 line 1245). ... The nurse, fearing for the children's life at the beginning of the story, says, "I fear that she may go silently in to the house and drive a sharpened sword in to their heart," (line 39-41). ... Medea once again defies society's standards. ... Medea in now way mourns for the d...

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In Euripides, a goddess named Medea is described, and in Herodotus paragraph 14, the people bring sacrifices to Delphi. ... Joseph was faithful to the Lord, and although he went through tribulation, the Bible says in Genesis 39, "The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man......

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