The women in the Odyssey play a pivotal role in Odysseus’s journey back home from Troy after the war. His journey was made complicated right from the start when Ajax, a Greek warrior raped King Priam’s daughter Cassandra which enraged the goddess Athena, and she was mainly responsible for Odysseus’s late homecoming. Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus comes across women during his journey who appear in the form of temptresses or seek to destroy him. Athena plays a lead controlling role in the…
children by King Creon. Furious in rage, Medea plotted to seek revenge on them at all costs. She acts reasonable with Jason and gives him clothing gifts in return to bring peace between them. When Jason’s new wife put on her new clothes, she was in flames burning out alive. When Creon saw her daughter burning out, he jumped onto her killing himself. To make things worse for Jason, Medea killed their own children and flew away on a dragon chariot with the Sun God taking the corpses of the…
Date: 1526 the Ming dynasty starts to crumble. Shao Jun, the last remaining Assassin of the Chinese Brotherhood, returning to her homeland with a vendetta of new assassins to join the new creed. This is how she took over the Ming dynasty and avenged her old creed... I run across the building and jump off the ledge into a haystack. A Shogun guard shouts "She's over there!" I whistle and my assassin's jump down from a building and kill the remaining guards with their hidden knifes in their sleeves…
one controversial issue has been her sentencing. On one hand, many maintain that Medea committed first-degree murder and therefore deserves life without parole. On the other hand, some believe that Jason provoked Medea, and so her sentence should be lighter. Still others assert that both Jason and Medea should be convicted and sentenced to the full extent of the law. Although my client has been found guilty of the first-degree murders…
gladly to die for him?” (Euripides, 6) Medea has many of these qualities, but in a completely different way. She loves, in that she completely devoted her life to Jason and his quest. She cares for her children, even if it means killing them to spare them a life of shame.…
Jason and the Argonauts A man named Jason a brave being was the son of king Aeson of Icolus and rightful heir the throne. A king names Pelias was told by an Oracle that he would be killed by a relative and that he must guard against a man wearing one sandal. Jason came to claim the throne. Jason helped an old lady across a river. Pelias tells Jason that he would give up the throne if Jason would go out and retrieve the golden fleece. Jason sets off on his quest and overcomes many obstacles and…
To avoid the dangers of 'excess' (logos, pathos and pride) Athenian society needs to return to sophrosyne. It is the lower class of the Athenian society, Nurse, Chorus and Messenger that remind these messages to the audience. Jason believes, Medea may never attempt to "fire at [him] from [the] golden bow, with unerring [she has ] poisoned with desire". She has switched from one extreme to the other, has used her pathos anger and justified it with logic of revenge, which challenges…
Medea is a fascinating play that focuses on the betrayal of Medea by her husband Jason. One key fact that Jason forgets to acknowledge is that Medea is a demigoddess and she will not stand letting him leave without a fight. There is an endless list of things Medea has given up to be with Jason, also all the things she has done to get him to where he was to that day. They had a respectable life, two children, and a loving relationship, but he was going to throw all of that away for a new girl.…
Medea is an Ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides about a woman that does not focus on women’s rights, but women’s wrongs. These wrongs are not necessarily done by Medea but also done unto Medea by Jason and Creon. Euripides, in writing this tragedy, specifically points out social injustices that, in his opinion, were important during that time period. While Medea could just be crazy, injustices within Ancient Greek society are specifically highlighted by Euripides because he could see the…
Medea is determined to seek revenge no matter the cost. It is the only way she will become content with herself. She is geared up to see a blood bath because death will be her greatest satisfaction. Juno is a woman with an immense self-respect. She does not let anyone make her look bad. She is extremely spiteful and insists whoever is disloyal and opposes her acquires punishment. “Jove’s wife alone refrained from passing judgement, rejoicing as she did when some misfortune fell upon one of…