1. Medea - Dangers of a Woman Scorned
"As representatives of the Greek heroic ideal, both Medea and Jason are flawed, but Jason is more so than Medea. ... To be honest, Medea is far from perfect. ... Euripides avoids a fairly controversial technique; the juxtaposition between good and evil, here both the characters are evil. ... Jason's final words underline Euripides" disparaging view of Jason, his grief is almost totally self-centred. ... Euripides has selected a very unheroic death for Jason, as his death is the result of a plank of wood from his ship hitting him in the head. ...
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. ...
The Greek play Medea was published in 431 BC by Euripides. ... Medea will become enraged as a result and will seek revenge. ... This play written by Euripides will deal with the ugliness of revenge and betrayal and how one woman has set out to get even at all costs. ... Jason's arguments with Medea reveal him being an assertive because he does not ask, he tells Medea what will happen. ... Medea is the unfortunate wife of the ungrateful Jason. ...
Euripides's play, Medea portrays the characteristics of a tragedy. Through Jason's tragic flaws, it is shown how Medea possesses these elements. ... Jason cast away Medea because he did not want to leave his high place in society. ... At first, we have pity for Medea, because she has done nothing wrong. ... Fear for two reasons: a) Fear that what has happened to Medea (being dumped and humiliated) could easily happy to us, and b) Fear of what Medea is now plotting as her revenge. ...
Medea, the main character in Euripides play "Medea," has been separated from her culture and society because of her gender and also her race. ... Medea is persecuted duly hard for her crime for she is a woman, as well as an outsider. ... Some may consider her actions as selfish, however, Medea was not mad in making her choices. ... Not only did Medea murder her brother, but she killed her children as well. ... Jason's casting of Medea aside did not take into consideration her strength. ...
Medea, protagonist of Euripides' drama of the same name and a woman wronged by her husband, used this idea and evened the score by murdering four innocent individuals; a princess, a king, and her two young sons. In Medea's eyes, the deaths of four still were not adequate to equal the pain begotten to her. ... It is true, Medea gave and lost everything to the man she loved. ... (Medea 31)." ... Actions of murder will forever plague the consciences of some, for example U.S. soldiers and Medea. ...
He list many things that would make a lady a good spouse, a few of them are common with the traits the Medea, a legendary Greek witch, displays in her legend and in the novel written by Euripides. ... BCE page1) According to the legend of Medea and Jason, Medea did serve Jason very faithfully. ... In addition to these, Medea left her family to accompany Jason home, even though she would be defying her father. ... Medea does none of these in the play written by Euripides. ... Jason running off to marry another women, for whatever reason, makes him unfaithful therefore Medea is allowed to a...