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    Medea

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    Time Changes Everything In the tragedy Medea‚ written by Euripides the language applies to the time it was written‚ much like any other form of written media. The reactions and actions taken by Medea are not common for a time period like our own. At this day and age we’ve learned how to react without killing someone‚ and how to not plot our revenge in such a spiteful way. Medea doesn’t distinguish right from wrong in her actions‚ heart of head applies perfectly to her and her reactions. Today we

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    How does Euripides build empathy for outsiders in Greek society in Medea? Medea is a woman who is a non-Greek outsider - she is a barbarian from Colchis. Her irrational behaviour and extreme response correlates to the stereotype of a Barbarian woman. Euripides effectively uses the chorus to help create and build empathy for Medea by sympathising with her and being biased towards her by taking her side. The chorus in Classical Greek drama was a group of actors who described and commented upon the

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    MEDEA

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    MEDEA is a Greek tragedy about betrayal‚ revenge‚ and pride. In the play MEDEA is betrayed by her husband Jason‚ he decided to marry another woman to gain more power. Through the play MDEA get revenge on everyone that has done her wrong. I don’t think MEDEA is a traditional tragedy I feel it has feature that separate it from the traditional tragedy‚ but it does have many characteristics of a traditional tragedy. One of the similar characteristics MEDEA and traditional tragedy have in common is the

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    Medea Perhaps the most fascinating and complex character in Greek drama‚ is the of Medea. She is the ultimate combination of heroine‚ villain and victim‚ all displayed in a single play. Medea was married to a Greek named Jason‚ whom she followed from her foreign land‚ to Greece. Her love for Jason was deep‚ and when he elected to leave her to marry the daughter of Creon‚ Medea was furious (Euripides lines 1-24). In retaliation for his strayed affections‚ Medea sent Jason’s bride a poison dress.

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    The famous Greek tragedy Medea‚ by Euripides‚ is about a woman who is so distraught by her ex-husband’s actions that she snaps and commits brutal crimes like killing his new bride and father in law‚ Creon and she even killed her children‚ an act so unthinkable that most people today shutter at the thought of it. People have scrutinized the play for centuries in an attempt to discover Medea’s true motives. Some believe that she is not actually evil‚ just mistreated to the point where she simply would

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    Hui Yu Patricia Gross THA 101 Section C 10/2/2012 Medea In the play Medea‚ Euripides depicted the role of a feminist. Her cunning and cleverness which should be admired however cause her tragedy at that time‚ the Ancient Greek time‚ where women are subordinate to men. The dominant men cannot bear that women go over them‚ thus cause the suffering and pain of Medea in her age. And in this view‚ I do not assume Medea a feminist but a normal woman who pursue harmony in family and loyalty in love

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    Condemning Medea

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    Medea is an impeccable example of a woman being controlled by the ravaging effects of love. Unfortunately‚ those effects lead Medea to commit a serious transgression: murder. She takes the life of not only a king and his daughter‚ but also of two of her own children. Although the king’s death was more of an adverse consequence than a direct murder‚ Medea planned all of their deaths down to the last detail. The prosecution charges her with four counts of premeditated murder. The prosecution would

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    Medea and Themes

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    Medea study guide Themes used in Medea - Passion and Rage Medea is a woman of extreme behavior and extreme emotion. For her passionate love for Jason‚ she sacrificed all‚ committing unspeakable acts on his behalf. But his betrayal of her has transformed passion into rage. Her violent and intemperate heart‚ formerly devoted to Jason‚ now is set on his destruction. The Greeks were very interested in the extremes of emotion and the consequences of leaving emotion unchecked; they also tended to

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    Manipulation in Medea

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    and morals‚ ancient Greek tragedies are no exception. Throughout Euripides?s play Medea‚ there is a common theme of manipulation. Medea manipulates everyone from the princess to her own children. She does this in order to reap revenge upon Jason‚ who was her husband but betrayed their marriage to marry the princess. Manipulation‚ as portrayed through Medea‚ can both aid and destroy a person’s morale. First‚ Medea manipulates the chorus so that they do not tell the people of Corinth about her plan

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    Filicide in Medea

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    Reflective Statement #3 In “Medea” by Euripides‚ Medea end up committing filicide. At the end of the play she kills both of her children. She claims that she does it to prevent their humiliation and her being embarrassed by her peers. I’ve learned that in most cases the mother is the one who commits filicide. That makes sense to me that it is more likely for Medea to kill the kids than Jason. I learned that in most cases of filicide the child is under six years old. In the play Medea specifically mentions

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