Euripides’s
Euripides’s
Antigone and Medea are women that could have been the role models for lots of women, if only they were allowed to see the plays. What the Norton version brings to literature is an accurate translation that is beautifully worded while staying very close to Euripides’s word; the Jeffers version is a 20th century adaptation that incorporates many ideas that would never have been in the time of Euripides. Although the two works are closely related with the same plot, the Norton version brings to the table a stronger female character that is more like the words of…
Moreover, a similar hierarchy exits among the gods and goddesses where the gods have power over the goddesses. The head of the gods, Zeus, is a male and uses his authority to control the actions of the goddesses. The two most prominent examples of Zeus using his power over goddesses are Circe and Kalypso. Zeus sends Hermes to warn Odysseus and help him avoid "the malevolent guiles of Circe" (Homer 159). Hermes gives Odysseus instructions to make Circe obey him.…
The moral of the story is that men should not mistreat their wives, as it could have dire consequences. Another could be that, especially to the Ancient Greeks, women should not be allowed power. If Medea hadn’t been a powerful Enchantress, she likely would not have committed the harmful acts she had done. Stapf 2 “Happy wife, happy life,” exists for a reason. Medea had already given everything for her first husband, Jason.…
In the beginning of the play Medea, the nurse started descripted the situations that Medea was facing and what she has done to gain Jason. (768, line 8-30) Later in the play, Medea talked about what she has done for Jason too. Both of them emphasize that Medea has killed her brother and dumbed him in the middle of the sea, persuaded Pelias’s daughter to kill Pelias, received a malice reputation, and she did everything she could to give the best to Jason. (798, line 479-493) There were no repetition in their texts, however they used very similar words to illustrate Medea’s tragedy.…
Her feeling of triumph will only be temporary and then she will begin to grief the loss of her sons. The play, Medea, revolves around the interactions between four significant characters: Medea, Jason, Creon, and Aegeus. The amalgamation of the decisions these characters make result in a complicated love story filled with jealousy, resentment, and embarrassment. For instance, Jason’s poor choice to remarry and leave Medea in dereliction instigated for Medea to backlash and scheme against all those that she had to ask pity…
While reading the works of Homer, paying close attention the Books I, VI, XVI, XVIII, XXII, and XXIV of The Iliad and as well as Medea by Euripides. A lot of the characters from both books are real people from Greek Mythology. In The Iliad, Homer describes the characters in great details, with stories that entwined with their lives. Achilles, a mighty warrior in the Achaean Army, who has superhuman strength and a close relationship with the Gods, Hector, a son of a king, who is the mightiest warrior in the Trojan Army, meets his match with Achilles. These two people are very much alike but, still so different from each other.…
They also show support by saying “You are justified Medea, in paying your husband back.” (pg.13) than in the end Zeus sends a flying chariot to allow Medea to taker her sons’ body away from her husband. This shows that all along the gods supported Medea in her…
However, she soon realizes that Jason was not a man of her own kind, when she is soon struck with bitter grief and betrayal when “Jason has taken a royal wife to his bed, deserting his own children and mistress” (1). This demonstrates his unfaithfullness in their marriage that would soon trigger the tragic set of events in the play. Medea foolishly falls…
Medea seeks revenge to justify how her husband Jason has mocked her. To validate her revenge she seeks help through her partner goddess Hecate, patron of witchcraft. She appears to be a helpless woman, in order to gain her assistance in evil craftiness to avenge her honor and answer her prayers. Her worldview of the…
Euripides 's Medea is an overly dramatized anti-feminist play that borders on portraying prejudices against women as outlandish comedy. To modern readers like the ones in our Gender and Sexuality class at Lick, Medea can come across as comic, but this reaction does not mean that our society is “post-sexist”; there are definitely still many people who agree with the prejudices the play presents. But although Medea can come across as stereotypical in that Medea is the overly-emotional woman and Jason is the overly-logical man, the ancient play still exposes gender roles in a way that is recognizable today; we laugh at the ridiculousness because we are still familiar with such absurd sexism in modern society. Medea’s responses to Jason’s actions…
Walking outside at the end of the night to small streaks of light just coming up from the horizon. The Sun is starting to rise. People have told stories as to why the sun comes up since the beginning of human story telling. For example, according to an Aboriginal story from Australia the sun rises because the animals were tired of living in the dark so they pushed the sun up with sticks. Now the sun walks across the sky with flames only for it to be burned out when in reaches the West side (Worldstroies.org).…
Medea is a Greek tragedy written by Euripides, and first performed in 431 BCE. Medea tells a story of a woman, Medea, who has been wronged by her husband, Jason. There are two main emotions in this play: love and hate. Euripides develops these emotions in such a way that the emotions become pitted against each other in an epic love versus hate showdown. Medea has a monologue (lines 1039-1080) in which she decides whether she wants to kill her kids or not.…
Both of these women are strong, yet manipulative characters, and they have differing levels of morality, which control what they do. Both women are determined to accomplish what they want, and love clearly plays a motivating role which defines their actions. These leading ladies also show the place of women in Greek dramas. A woman's place was in the home, and her purpose in life was to be subordinate to her husband and to the care for the children. Medea’s and Antigone’s goals, irrational behaviors, and motivations are where their similarities lie; their personalities, actions, and destinies are what differentiate…
It is my belief that even though very similar, Ancient Greece has a broader and more vivid culture than modern day Greece. Ancient Greece has many great achievements in government, science, philosophy, and the arts that all still influence us today. Religion over the years in Greece has changed. Ancient Greece’s religion was very accustom to their daily life. People in Ancient Greece were very religious.…
Had you been childless, this craving for another bedmate might have been forgiven,” Therefore, Medea’s situation becomes worse, as a result of her sense of…