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    commit such horrendous crimes. Medea’s unstable state of mind is a combination of Jason’s betrayal, isolation from her loved ones, and trauma. Medea’s trauma can be linked to warriors taking part in a battle. Medea commits several inhumane acts for Jason, which is similar to warriors taking part in battle for political agenda’s of monarchs. In the play, Medea shows regret over the violent acts she has committed on Jason’s behalf. Lush describes her condition as someone with chronic PTSD as he…

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    Hera is known for her many revengeful plots against Zeus’s many girlfriends. In the past, Hera is involved in the Trojan War, she sought to bring down the city of Troy because Prince Paris chose Aphrodite over her. A temple and many statues are dedicated to Hera for her importance in her cult following. Hera is the Greek goddess of childbirth, marriage and women. She is married to Zeus and has three kids: Ares, Hephaestus and Eileithyia. Her family includes her siblings Zeus, Poseidon, Hades,…

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    Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was born in 69 B.C, in Alexandria, Egypt, to the strong-ruling Pharaoh, Ptolemy XII and his wife Cleopatra V Tryphaena, who was possibly his half-sister. She later died in 30 B.C. At first, she ruled ancient Egypt alongside her brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV. Due to her greediness of power, she was forced to leave Egypt, but returned with an army she rose to defeat her brother Ptolemy XIV, to reclaim the throne and the title of Pharaoh.…

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    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…

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    Corinth Vs Medea

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    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…

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    Jing Kong Suicide

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    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…

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    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…

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    How Is Medea Similar

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    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.…

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    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…

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    Archetypes In Medea

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    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…

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