This is evident through the key factors that Jason tried his hardest to work it out with Medea but could not succeed, Medea's thirst for brutal revenge on her husband and the ability that Medea has to accept her plan and be completely okay with it. ... Many themes shine through in the play Medea including pride, exile and the outsider and betrayal and manipulation and the use of different literary devices including imagery and foreshadowing make it clear that Medea is the most guilty character in Euripides play. The actions of Medea from 'Jason and the golden fleece' (before ...

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BARBARITY (WITH REFERENCE TO EURIPIDES" MEDEA AND CYCLOPS) I INTRODUCTION Euripides was the last of the three great Athenian dramatists, as well as the most controversial. ... This gulf between the rational, civilized Greek and the emotional, barbaric Greek can be seen with particular poignancy when studying Euripides" great tragedy, Medea, and also his satyr, Cyclops. ... II MEDEA One of the main themes in Euripides" Medea is the gender and cultural divide that is established between Medea and Jason. ... Instead, Euripides conveys his idea of the balanced lifestyle through the use o...

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His discussion leads to two central themes that become the driving force for his characterization of people's perception of "good" and "bad", master morality and slave morality. ... The stark contrasts between these two authors is made apparent in Aristotle's direct reference to Euripides' Medea when he criticizes the appearance of Aegeus in the play. Aegeus ensures Medea that she will be able to escape once she executes her plan[Medea, 660-760]. ... Euripides however shows a level of master morality by featuring Aegeus as his character has a high level of wo...

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