Medea as the tragic hero portrays each one of Miller's main points, backing up his definitions of a tragedy, especially as Medea is willing to give up everything in her life to protect her own image. ... While the end of Medea may seem hopeless and dreary because Medea gets away with the murders, there is still a sense of optimism that can be found. ... At a quick glance, it may not seem like there is room for anything optimistic at the end of Medea. But when studied closely, there is actually a theme that can be celebrated. Medea carried out all of her crimes due to her being oppressed...

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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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During the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the ancient Greeks were hard at work, making long-lasting contributions to art, poetry, drama, sports, mathematics, science and philosophy. The Hellenic period, also called the "classical period, lasted from 1200 B.C. to 334 B.C. and were the years noted ...

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