Euripides

The Greek play Bacchae by Euripides explores the concepts of religious fervor and skepticism and helps a reader analyze how these concepts are opposed to each other, how these ideas are demonstrated in the play and how religious fervor and skepticism are still relevant in our society today. Euripides uses religion, one of the most controversial subjects in the world, to demonstrate the power it has on its believers. Euripides also demonstrates the criticism believers can receive from non…

The power of tragedy had been so great, and the fall of tragedy was so devastating. It all began with Euripides and Socrates. The only thing that remained of tragedy was comedy, a sad representation of what had once been a great source of Apolline and Dionysiac ties. “It was in comedy that the degenerate figure of tragedy lived on, a monument to its miserable and violent death” (55). Euripides’ greatest flaw was that he allowed the spectator on the stage, allowing them to find pieces of…

What would you do if suddenly everything in your life were out of your control? This is the question that Euripides poses in his ancient Greek tragedy Hippolytus. Mad at Hippolytus for renouncing everything she symbolizes and has power over, Aphrodite curses his step-mom Phaedra to fall in love with Hippolytus in order to punish him with the very thing he claims to hate: sexual desire. In doing so, Aphrodite has permanently changed the course of Phaedra’s life. Knowing that her love for…

from as well-written as the Norton version of Medea. While both versions share the fact that the heroin is strong, intelligent, and courageous, the Norton version gives a different spin to the age old tragedy that is more accurate to the word of Euripides. The original essay may not have changed much in this case, but this essay does present what has changed slightly because Norton brings a different perspective of Medea’s true power and intellect. In the Jeffers version, Medea is very…

Plato and Euripides each defined their own notion of the distinction of inside and outside. Plato establishes the separation of inside and outside with the shift of dialogue that takes place once they move to the outside of the city between Socrates and Phaedrus. Euripides defines two sets of distinctions of inside and outside: inside and outside the city, and the animal inside the human. While Plato associates inside and outside with acquiring the level of philosophical thinking, Euripides…

simply entertainment, writers pick apart literary devices and use them to their advantage. For example, the building of the rage through of specific aspects of drama, word usage and repetition of ideas in a prayer given my Medea, we are persuaded by Euripides to suspend our morals and side with Medea in her battle with Jason. In the opening of the play, the Nurse and Tutor discuss the happenings of Medea’s current situation after Jason’s departure and question what will come of everyone. When…

was the daughter of King Dymas of Phrygia,[3] but Euripides[4] and Virgil[5] write of her as the daughter of the Thracian king Cisseus. The mythographers Pseudo-Apollodorus and Hyginus leave open the question which of the two was her father, with Pseudo-Apollodorus adding a third alternate option: Hecuba's parents could as well be the river god Sangarius and Metope.[6][7] Some versions from non-extant works are summarized by a scholiast on Euripides' Hecuba:[8] according to those, she was a…

world blind." As Gandhi shares a brilliant piece of mind, he describes how the world is so wicked and malevolent that it's turning the world "blind". The majority of the population is so focused on vengeance instead of living life to its fullest. Euripides', Medea, relates to the wise man's quote because Medea takes revenge to a whole new aspect and takes an eye for an eye. Or maybe a limb for a broken heart. When Medea was left abandoned and heartbroken by her once true love, Jason, she craved…

Hero and Aristotle's, “...Hamartia... ‘to miss the mark" (as in archery), ‘to fail in one's purpose’, ‘to make a mistake’...”and Pentheus and Oedipus mistake is that they are too proud of themselves. In Oedipus Rex By Sophocles and The Bacchae by Euripides, Oedipus and and Pentheus respectively have excessive pride because of their high standing in society. They both believe that nothing is above them and nothing can bring harm othem. This attitude blinds them from truth and become irrational…

important character qualities for the audience realize. The contrast between the husband and the wife highlights the protagonist’s characterization, presentation, and the internal and external audiences’ perception of the protagonist. In particular, Euripides’ Medea and Helen offer similarly characterized effective foil character husbands. Jason…