Euripides Misogynist

Euripides is known by most everyone you talk to in some way. Euripides created images for the Gods and changes views on certain stories. Many people take his writings differently. Some take them in a joking tone, others take it as a more serious and sad tone. I believe that he was misogynistic. Women never take the lead role in any of his plays unless they are being sexualized or fought over. He never puts sympathy on the Women, showing they should always be strong and not have feelings. In Helen Euripides talks about Helen being deceiving and tricking Teukros, them man she was supposed to be marrying. But it is all for Menelaus. He tells it in a way that you think it is all Menelaus’ idea, making Helen not seem like the mastermind behind …show more content…
It is a story about a wife named Medea who’s husband has cheated on her. He has married another woman. The story tells about revenge and Medea conquering her love for this man. It also tells stories about how crazy this woman can be and what she will do to get back at her husband. Making her seem delusional and crazy. In this story, especially, you can argue both ways for Euripides. On one hand he is centering his whole play around this woman and coming back from such a dark place. On the other hand he is making her seem crazy because of how he talks about the husband and what he did “wasn’t a big deal.” Hughes says that in one of the versions of Helen she is “to be wondered at, not feared or damned.” This could be in favor of Euripides, but as I said before, this is just him pinning women separately from Men. There’s men pinning over her and wondering over here. But she is not feared like all the other warriors he speaks out in his plays. Fear is a powerful emotion and makes people respect others. Wonder is merely a fascination and does not always make you want to know