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Medea, a play developed by Euripides, depicts a woman who has been betrayed by her husband. The main character whom the play is named after, Medea is a known sorceress who obtains her revenge with little compassion and a storyline that will leave the reader in disbelief. I chose Medea because she reflects not only feminism, but dedication. Often, women in this era were expected to stay at home, live punitive lives, and be at the will of their husbands every need. She does not do this, instead she

Evslin, Theseus is a young man that lives a boring life, until one day, a seagull told him that Poseidon was Theseus’s father, and he wanted to find him. Theseus overcomes various obstacles, he finally reaches Athen and finds his father king Aegeus. Later on Aegeus ask Theseus’s to go on an important journey. Meanwhile, another, epic poem is The Odyssey by Homer. After ten years of the Fall of Troy, Odysseus was disregarding to the gods, and the gods were flustered that they set Odysseus and his men

In Aeschylus' tragic trilogy The Oresteia, Aeschylus writes about a fundamental question in philosophy. What is the nature of justice? In his plays, starting with Agamemnon, the Achaeans slowly emerge and evolve from an older, more primitive autocratic form of justice, to a new concept of justice devised by Athena. The trilogy culminates in hung jury trial, and eventually Orestes absolution. The jury trial at the end of The Furies implies that justice is arbitrary, must include deliberation, and

HOW IS THE POWER EXPRESSED Feminists must be careful not to use such male-biased frameworks and linguistic conventions, because their controlling assumptions produce androcentric knowledge, as exemplified by Rosaldo and Lamphere’s (1974) finding of universal male dominance due to their use of male-biased data, binary categorizations of women’s and men’s activities, and overgeneralizing cross-cultural methodology in validity of Veblen’s (1899) Most characters in this volume of play is not only present

many different renditions. However, there’s this one factor of my story that’s common among all the adaptations. And that is betrayal. It began when Theseus first stepped upon my homeland, Crete. He was an Athenian hero, born of the King of Athens, Aegeus. He volunteered to be one of the tributes who were sacrificed annually to the Minotaur, in order for him to slay it and rescue the Athenian youth once and for all. It was a monster that was half a man and half a bull that resided in the heart of the

Medea, an ancient Greek tragedy was written by Euripides during the classical era. This play focuses on Medea and how she plots the revenge against her unfaithful husband. Jason has left Medea and their children to go marry the princess of Corinth, Glauce. This was Medea’s motivation to kill Glauce and her own children. Similarly, in Hamlet, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare during the post classical era is about Hamlet and his revenge for his father on Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, that took

Society’s False Belief About Heroes Success—the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. To thrive in life, one must focus on achieving success and fearing failure—or at least this is what society preaches. This mindset has altered mankind’s view on works of art, literature, and myths. Nonetheless, there are a few exceptions that do not preach this value; one being “Green Willow”. Retold by Paul-Jordan Smith, this myth follows the life of a samurai who meets his lover on his quest, and abandons all

The Tragedy of Jason and Medea The Greek myth of Jason and Medea is complex and changing. Having developed orally, the story differs based on sources, but the main narrative stays the same. The story can be broken up into two parts. The beginning is the oral myth that starts with Jason when he was a baby and tells the story of his journey on the Argos, quest for power, marriage to Medea, betrayal of his wife, and, eventually, his death. Secondly, the play Euripides wrote, Medea, picks up near the

Euripides’ Medea is a Greek that revolves around Medea and her struggle she has with her husband Jason. P.E Easterling writes an article discussing the huge emphasis on the children in the story and how it impacts the story. Within this article P.E Easterling discusses how Euripides gives a thorough background to make you take Medea seriously, he discusses how she comes to her conclusion to murder her children, and he discusses all the reasons why she would murder her children. All of this is used

later he didn't kill another pair of snakes so the curse was released. Theseus: was a Greek hero remembered for his wisdom and intelligence. His mother was Aethra, and he had two fathers. One father was Poseidon, the god of the sea. The other was Aegeus who was king of Athens, and after he died Theseus took over as king. Pallas Athena: Goddess of wisdom, war, crafts, and many more. Known for protecting