The Stonecutter By Euripides Medea

Women are known as simple background figures for the men today. They aren't expected to be independent or on a man's level; women are paid a lower annual salary than men for the same job. Many people today are also excessively greedy and don't appreciate what they already have l. They're quick to look at what the next person has, looking over their own riches. From traditional myths such as the stonecutter to famous plays such as Euripides Medea, male characters help readers understand how society viewed and still views women; and how one character who is conflicting nature learns from his/her mistakes. In the myth the stonecutter, the stonecutter sees beyond what he already has and looks at what neighbors of his have that could be more …show more content…
The stone cutter, who desires everything that he sees, but then learns a lesson about appreciating what he already has. For example in the stone cutter on paragraph 2 Andrew writes, " now in the mountain dwelt a spirit... Helped them in many ways to become rich and prosperous... time was coming when he learned to change his opinion". Also on paragraph 17 Andrew writes, " ...but he had learned to be satisfied with it, and did not long to be something or somebody else... He never asked for things he had not got, or desired to be greater and mightier than other people, he was happy at last". Between these two pieces of evidence the stonecutter continuously wished for things that was mightier than him, he thought that once he wished for one thing he would become discontent with what he has and wish for another. These two pieces of evidence build up to the claim of how people should appreciate what they already have and consider it because once he realized that nothing will perfectly suit his needs he noticed that he shouldn't get everything to make his life happy. The author uses the quote " he never asked for things he had not got or desired to be greater and mightier than other people..." This quote shows how he shouldn't beg for certain things to be …show more content…
Medea, clearly a villain, must be exiled but wants people to know the true meaning of women and how they are treated for trying to get what they want. For example in Medea, Jason (Medea's former husband) got a divorce to go marry another woman ( the princess). Medea begins to get angry and jealous of what Jason has done, and does regretful things that can scar Jason and Medea as parents, and women in society. Page 44, Euripides writes " what other creatures are bred so exquisitely and purposefully for mistreatment as women are?" Here the author is saying women are labeled as creatures and are not known for who they actually are. Also it n page 45 Euripides writes, " Death looks so good to us, much better than our husbands". Here the author is saying how death is a women's only cure after going through something painful with men and also how death seems to be a better choice rather than holding on to their former husbands who won't even consider them as important. Overall women can have another side that has to be pulled out of them for people to actually listen to who they actually are. But not only does getting the bad side a benefit but it's a cost to their society. In other words, if women show a side that people think of as dissatisfying they could get an even worse label or symbol that people would remember them