Medea

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 vengeance. Many tragic examples of abandonment come from the wretched soul of Medea. For example, when Nurse said, " But now her world has turned to enmity, and wounds…

The Darkness within a Person The author of the ancient Greek tragedy Medea is called Euripides. This author is considered “one of the most gifted Athenian playwrights of the fifth century BCE… was also well known for his poetry and only 19 plays of work have survived until today” (Emmons and Tschen). Euripides was such an influential writer during his time because of his approach on Literature was different amongst other playwrights. His plays conveyed a “darker side of existence, with plot…

In Euripides’ play Medea, the chorus is merely used as an instrument to portray social comment and cultural values. The chorus, in Medea, comprises 15 Corinthian women who are non-professionals, having talent in singing and dancing and serving as a bridge between the protagonist and the audience repeating important lines to portray emphasis on a particular issue or viewpoint. In literature, or more specifically, in Greek tragedy, the chorus is a mere commentator, commenting on the actions of the…

In Euripides’ Media, Medea is a character who becomes exiled from her homeland, husband and children, and current residence in Corinth. Throughout Euripides employs foreshadowing to express Medea’s exiles both alienate and enrich her spirit and life. When Medea first meets Jason she falls in love with him. With “her heart on fire with passionate love for Jason;” (Euripides 1), she helps him take her father’s most valuable possession, the Golden Fleece (Hunter). While she is fleeing from her…

apart. This forces me to ask, is love worth the risk? As for Medea, she chooses to take the risk, and, consequently, allows herself to fall dangerously in love with Jason, which leads to the development of their tragic love story. Moreover, Medea’s love for Jason vanishes when he decides to leave her for the King’s daughter and agrees with the King’s decision to exile her and the children, thus, catalyzing Medea’s murderous plans. After Medea…

Medea, a woman so in love she is willing to risk everything, kills for redemption. Medea is madly in love with Jason, however, the love Medea shares for Jason is not reciprocated. Jason refers to Medea’s people as barbarians when he tells her, “instead of living amongst barbarians, you inhabit a Greek land,” and she proves him right through her actions throughout the play. She acts out in a barbaric way, especially to those she loves. Medea is so vengeful that she is willing to to kill her own…

Medea has the perfect plan and she uses an unlikely source to do it. Yet, before she could put her plan into action, she begs Jason to convince his new wife to accept their kids as it is not fair that they get to be exiled from the only place they know. Jason, who at first was okay with having his kids exiled, wavers and decides to okay the situation and convince his wife into accepting his kids. Medea, now having her means of transportation, decides to do something special, “I too will aid thee…

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.…

a woman named Medea was abandoned by her husband and banished from the city along with her two 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…

At the time Euripides wrote Medea, ancient Greece was a patriarchal society, where men were the primary authority figures in the home. While men ruled the society, women had little or no rights. In a social stratification, women were treated at the weaker hierarchy level which caused them to suffer from low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence. Men and women are defined by their gender identity which determined their social roles. This character Medea was facing an impossible conflict, and…