Short Story Of Medea

In Greek Mythology, there are over hundreds of stories or myths told. One story is the story of Medusa which is well-known around the world. She was young and very alluring at first, but turned into as hideous creature. Medusa is considered one of the most tragic myths ever to be told. Medusas' life was beautiful at first, she lived in the utmost place by the Hesperides beyond Oceanus.

Once he began manipulating Medea, this made him realize, that he can manipulate anyone he chooses to. After he had captured the Golden Fleece, he abandoned Medea and married the princess of Corinth hoping to stable his wealth and gain more power. He, in turn, manipulated the royal family only to have the consistent power he needed and desired. This had then begun to escalate. Jason is now displaying a pattern of his manipulation. As Jason begins to free himself from his “evil” ex-wife, Jason manipulates the past into a lie and much bigger problem from his side of the story. His dishonesty makes his side of the story more believable and by doing so, his manipulation skills had become more deceivable. Jason is in denial of the many things Medea had done for him and when he told his story, he used omission in order to deceive his listeners. Jason then says, “Dark threats cast out against the majesties/ of Corinth, count as veriest gain thy path of exile.” (27). He then blames Medea and having Creon ban her from Corinth.

Ancient expectations for women include always putting the responsibilities of being a mother above all else, as shown in Euripides’ Medea and Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, as well as Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis. Both Clytemnestra and Medea exhibit motherly love and tend to those responsibilities, but commit atrocious, unladylike acts, which jeopardize the sympathy felt for them by an audience. The respective playwrights of each story use their character’s motivations and how they align with their roles as mothers first and women second to ultimately characterize each in either a negative or positive light. The motherly motivation that Clytemnestra and Medea exhibit excuses their vengeful and deceitful actions, however Medea’s final action,

Euripides’ Medea and Seneca’s Medea are the two surviving ancient tragedies of Medea. Both versions are drastically different and contrast in several aspects. Euripides portrays Medea as more human. She is the epitome of the oppressed housewife and only after her suffering is she capable of the crimes she committed. Seneca’s Medea is even more vengeful than Euripides’ and she is angry from the very beginning. Seneca’s version also portrays Medea as a vengeful sorceress whereas in Euripides’ version, though she is known to be a witch and have remarkable skill in poisons and potions, that aspect is not as crucial and significant as in Seneca’s Medea. The two poets offer contrasting depictions and characterizations of Medea, the most

Perseus is the son of Zeus and Danae, Zeus is a god and Danae is just a human, which makes Perseus a Demigod. Medusa is a beautiful woman but, she has serpents on her head. People turned into stone as soon as they saw Medusa’s face. The story of Perseus and Medusa always interested me. When I saw the sculpture of Perseus holding the head of Medusa and had his sword in the other had I got interested to know more about the story of Perseus and Medusa, I have always heard the story about Perseus and that he killed Medusa but I didn’t know how. I wanted to know more about the story in detail and how Perseus actually killed Medusa without turning into a stone. The sculpture itself looked beautiful, it was carved in Marble.

Diane Downs. Susan Smith. Andrea Yates. Casey Anthony (maybe). There is no shortage in current times of women who, just like Medea in hers, found themselves taking the lives of their children. A current theatrical production of Euripides’ The Medea will give audiences a long felt message, even though the play itself is set and costumed in classical times and without much overt spectacle.

Medusa means "sovereign female wisdom." In Sanskrit it's Medha. Medusa was originally a Libyan Goddess, worshiped by The Amazons as their Serpent-Goddess. She was considered the destroyer aspect of the Great Triple Goddess also called Neith, Anath, Athene or Ath-enna in North Africa and Athana in 1400. BC Minoan Crete. She can also be connected to Africa where she had a hidden, dangerous face, and her hair was represented as resembling dread locks. Libyan Amazons believed that no one could possibly lift her veil, and that to look upon her face was to glimpse one's own death as she saw yours.

Once she learns that Jason has married another woman, Medea's personality turns completely around. The strong loving wife turns into a barbarian huntress in search of revenge. After plotting and changing the course of her revenge a few times, she perpetrates an attack that will certainly kill the new bride. Her method is focused on the woman, but it may or may not affect others around her target. Medea knows that the poisoned dress and head adornment will be lethal to Jason's bride, but she cannot possibly know what will come of Jason, their children, or the king. Her rage knows no bounds and she sends Antigone and Ismene on with the poisoned gifts. Weigel describes the revenge of Medea in his critique of the writing: "Jason becomes entangled with a force that crushes his dignity and detachment, that tears his successes to tatters. At the end he is in exactly the same position as Medea. Both are bereaved of mate, children, and friends. Both are free to grow old without comfort. And both are utterly empty inside, except that Jason is now filled with the same burning hatred that possessed Medea" (Weigel 1391).

Euripides’s play Medea and Sophocles’ play Antigone both describe a woman who faces many hardships throughout the play. The arguments between the characters in both of the plays justify their actions regarding what they did in response to what happens. In the play Antigone, the main character faces hardships because she broke the king’s law regarding the burial of her brother Polyneices, which eventually led to multiple deaths of because Antigone’s. On the other hand, in the Play Medea, the character Medea was a powerful sorceress who was tricked into loving Jason with the help of Aphrodite, and used her just to get power.

Medea’s conversations in the Jeffers adaptation produce less of an importance than they execute in the Norton version. When speaking with Jason, Medea keeps her speeches brief and to the point. Moreover, her objective when speaking to Jason is to prey on his lack of wisdom and have him believe the words that are coming out of her mouth. She questions Jason without him acknowledging her future endeavors. “That is true: vengeance makes grief bearable. -But- Creon’s daughter, your wife- no doubt will breed many other boys. -but, if something were to happen to- Creon’s daughter- (56). Questioning Jason occurs as a tactic to figure out what she wants to know. Furthermore, she asks Jason regarding the children and Creon’s daughter to discern what

Is the killing of anyone ever justified? Is the life of one individual more important than another? In Euripides, Medea, Medea kills the princess of Corinth, the king of Corinth, Creon, as well as her own children. Are her actions the actions of an insane, distraught person or those of wise, foreign, barbaric woman trying to protect her children? Through the story of Medea, Medea justifies the killing of others while several other characters portray the injustice of her killings. Can a person show a justifiable reason to the killing of others or is the killing of others justified under certain circumstances?

Lars Von Trier's adaptation of Medea combines many elements from the original plot line, but also differs significantly. Von Trier uses not only visual images to compel his audience, but also incorporates a vast amount of sounds and noises to create dramatic effect. The film follows a lonely Medea without her chorus of companions that an original audience of the play would be used to. Rather than seeming foreign, Medea seems well adapted to her new home and is often seen utilizing the lands bodies of water accordingly. Although it is not outwardly declared, Medea's main mission is to seek revenge and abolish Jason's new life. Jason is pictured as handsome and strong, following stereotypical gender norms. His new bride also is in

The play of Medea and the film “The Name of the Rose” are two very complex pieces of literature. They have many themes that flow through them and may require one to watch each piece more than once. However, there are similar themes that can be identified between the two. For instance, they both have themes of narration, murder, pre-meditated murder, ego, and lust to name a few. I will analyze the themes of narration and murder between Euripidies’ “Medea” and “The Name of the Rose”.

The first person point of view can be found in the beginning of the work, for example, when Medea says “I hate this life…” (Puchner, pg. 532, line 150). By Euripides using the second person point of view, it allows the readers to connect to the characters on a more personal basis for example, Medea says “… you’ve made threats…” (Puchner, pg. 536, line 294). An example of the third person point of view is Medea telling Jason that “he’s such an idiot” (Puchner, pg. 537, line 379). By there being multiple narrators, it allows each character to serve as an individual narrator telling their views to the readers. The work also has monologues and soliloquies like when the nurse informs the readers about what’s happened to Medea (Puchner,

What did you contribute to the class? Specifically, what did you do? How did you make Medea a better place for all the students here?