Medea, a play by the Greek playwright Euripides, explores the Greek- barbarian dichotomy through the character of Medea, a princess from the "barbarian", or non-Greek, land of Colchis. ... Jason decides that he wants to divorce Medea and marry the princess of Corinth, casting Medea aside as if they had never been married. ... Medea was also a faithful wife to Jason. ... There are two main reasons why Medea decides to kill her children. ... Medea's barbarian status is a burden to herself as well. ...

• Word Count: 1974
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Betrayal and Revenge in the plays "Medea" and "The Libation Bearers" In 458 B.C. ... The other play I will be looking at is "Medea". Medea is the earliest tragedy of Euripides and in it we see a classic moral pattern. ... The next play I will deal with is Medea. ... This is when Medea wants to take revenge. ...

• Word Count: 1623
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• Grade Level: High School

In Euripides" Medea, Medea is constantly talking about the conditions that women face in her time. ... Euripides Medea is one of the tragedies that shows a woman dominating the rest of the characters in the play. ... In Medea, as well as other plays, there is a sense of role reversals. ... Like Medea she is also driven by revenge. ... However in the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, women seem to play a more dominate role. ...

• Word Count: 1759
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy, the great tragic poets Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros, in the thriving years of Alexandria and later on during the Roman domination, reached a beau ideal level and through the Romans managed to form Western Theater, from Renascence and thereafter. ... Of the more than 1000 tragedies written during that century, only 31 remain, all by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. ... As the...

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Jason in Euripides's Medea deserts his family for a new marriage which he hopes will further his station, but his old wife kills his new wife and his children, ending his hopes for a shining future. ... God indeed, when in anger, brings greater ruin to people's houses," says the nurse in the beginning of Euripides's play Medea (119-130). She is foreshadowing the theme of the story and Euripides is voicing his message plainly through her. ... His first wife, Medea, is a powerful woman who has no place to go, so she becomes desperate. ... Even now I know that I am making a mistake...

• Word Count: 1999
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School