Euripides

Medea essay Samuel Johnson uses his knowledge as a famous contributor to the english literature to state “Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice”. The book Medea is a play and a novel written by the great tragedian of classical Athens, Euripides. The novel takes place in the ancient Rome in an island called Cyprus where a women called Medea, the main character, takes to action a horrific revenge due to the infidelity of her husband. In Medea, Medea lives in a cruel society where…

best known tragedy playwrights till today. There are two versions written in two different periods by two different writers: Euripides and Seneca. Despite the play been written by two different authors, the background of the story and the plot remained consistent. The main difference is that these two authors approached the ending from a different perspectives. While Euripides approached the ending providing philosophical aspects of human characteristics, Seneca approached the ending providing…

Originally performed in the festival of Dionysia in 431 BC, Euripides' tragedy Medea may have been controversial to the predominantly male audience of the time. Subverting Athenian cultural norms of the era by presenting a female perspective, Medea exposes not only the flaws in individuals but also within society. In this play there is an imbalance of passion and logic, which has dire consequences for an individual and an even “greater ruin” for humanity and society at large. Medea is…

believing everything was her own doing and she must accept her fate as they were chosen by the gods. Eventually however, she decides on ill-will towards the new family and curses them to die an agonizing death (by either fire, sword, or poison). Euripides shows the conflicts of Medea, both internally and externally, in her attempts to carry out revenge on her betraying husband. These conflicts are shown in various ways: through her debating taking her sons’ lives and switching between admittance…

they write the script of the play. One of these playwrights is Euripides. He was the tragedian of Athens, which means that he wrote the tragic plays, such as Medea. He was born on Salamis Island in around 480BC. His parents were Cleito (his mother) and Mnesarchus (his father) was a retailer who lived in a village near Athens. When an Oracle said that his son was destined to win "crowns of victory", Mnesarchus insisted that Euripides should train for a job in athletics, but Euripedes was destined…

Medea: Mental Illness & Free-will Euripides Medea is a classic tale of revenge, as a helpless woman named Medea avenges her husband’s betrayal. Medea contains several elements of a Greek tragedy, such as fate and revenge. Medea, the main character of the play, commits several villainous acts that are “outside of the norm” and forbidden by society. She is a woman who kills her husband’s second wife and also kills her children just to avenge her husband’s betrayal. Her willingness to commit these…

The play that I chose to read is called “Heracles” and was written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides around 421-416 B.C.E. (Euripides). The basic story of this tragedy revolves around a man named Heracles, whose family is about to be killed by Lycus, the usurping ruler of Thebes while Heracles is unable to help them as he is in the progress of completing the last of his twelve labors. However, Heracles unexpectedly returns and kills Lycus to save his family from their death only for Hera…

It is understood that the birth of tragedy and theatre itself occurred in Athens during the sixth century BC. It was in this era and society where drama began to flourish and follow through till a golden age, as the Athenians created a new spring festival called the Great, or City Dionysia. (Brown, 1995, 14). The festival of Dionysus had "developed from older local festivals which celebrated the fermentation of new wine" (Brown, 1995, 14), although it essentially celebrated the Greek god,…

The two articles, Men and Gods in Euripides’ Hippolytus by C.A.E Luschnig and Human and Divine Action in Euripides’ Hippolytus by Jerker Blomqvist, both focus on the divine and mortal characters within the play Hippolytus. In this review I will summarise each article as I understand and assess each authors argument. In his article, Luschnig takes the view that the characters and motivation of said characters, both human and divine, are so parallel that they form one single frame of action…

I found it interesting that the first play to human knowledge is an African theater play and Ancient Egyptian quasi-theatrical events. The earliest record dated back to 2000 BC with the 'passion Plays” of Ancient Egypt. Some of the earliest plays had spirituality and religion mixed in with them through festivals that they would do a play concerning a life of Osiris mysteries. The festival was divided into three parts; the defense of Osiris by his son, the fight and demise of Osiris, the defeat…