Some issues and obstacles faced by humans withstand change over time. This is highly evident in the plays of Medea and Oedipus the King. W.J. Miller even states that although the ideology of humans changed, people who love literature find themselves facing the same challenges literary characters, such as Oedipus, have. Oedipus the King presents the audience with the themes of fate versing freewill and disease and epidemics, these themes are apparent in any civilization located anywhere in the world. Not only does Oedipus the King show the commonality with today’s obstacles, but Medea displays the same concept. Throughout Medea, the play exhibits the topics of divorce and violent crimes that are notably still around today. Looking at all this
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In Oedipus, the kingdom of the Thebes experiences a great epidemic after the death of their King. Although the play, states that it is due to the grievance of the king's death, the more tangible reasoning is due to disease and epidemic. This is not uncommon however, in the year of 2014, the ebola virus disease hit the western and northern part of Africa so heavily that is was considered an epidemic; It affected about 29,000 people and out of those people it killed about …show more content…
Jason, Medea ex- husband, planned on leaving Medea for a younger woman, Creon’s daughter. Due to this plan, Medea became enraged and sent on an emotional spiral. The concept of divorce is so common nowadays it is even deemed socially acceptable for divorce to occur, especially for a older man to leave his older wife for a younger woman. For example, Donald Trump, a financially successful man, endured many divorces which resulted in the marriage of a younger third wife. This event seems comparatively similar to what Jason, from Medea attempted to do to Medea as well. Since these event coincide with one another, it shows that the statement made by W.J. Miler is quite
In Oedipus, the kingdom of the Thebes experiences a great epidemic after the death of their King. Although the play, states that it is due to the grievance of the king's death, the more tangible reasoning is due to disease and epidemic. This is not uncommon however, in the year of 2014, the ebola virus disease hit the western and northern part of Africa so heavily that is was considered an epidemic; It affected about 29,000 people and out of those people it killed about …show more content…
Jason, Medea ex- husband, planned on leaving Medea for a younger woman, Creon’s daughter. Due to this plan, Medea became enraged and sent on an emotional spiral. The concept of divorce is so common nowadays it is even deemed socially acceptable for divorce to occur, especially for a older man to leave his older wife for a younger woman. For example, Donald Trump, a financially successful man, endured many divorces which resulted in the marriage of a younger third wife. This event seems comparatively similar to what Jason, from Medea attempted to do to Medea as well. Since these event coincide with one another, it shows that the statement made by W.J. Miler is quite