Argonauts

pursuit, Medea killed her brother and cut his body into pieces, scattering the parts behind the ship. This caused the pursuers to stop and collect Absyrtis ' dismembered body in order to give it proper burial, which thus gave Jason, Medea and the Argonauts the time to escape. On Jason’s safe return to his home in Iolcus, Medea continued to use her sorcery. She restored the youth of Jason 's aged father, Aeson, by cutting his throat and filling his body with a magical potion. She tricked Pelias ' daughters

Observation and Interpretation: Throughout the text, fate and the gods are blamed for the cause of the problems, however subsequent choices made later on by the characters appear to be free will, however are actually influenced by fate and the gods. So what?: This makes the audience blame the gods for the overall out come, but still blame the main character for her choices. Quotes: P48 l. 1014-1015 “The gods/ And my evil-hearted plots have led to this.” P39 l. 717 “What good luck

Medea by Euripdes The tragic tale, Medea, by Euripdes proposes a certain question which creats speculism. Wether or not Medea is the villan, or is she a product of her environment, is frequently crictly analyzed. Medea, in the tale, committs a series of evil actions against the people which betrayed her. The cruel betrail which Medea endures can be interpreted as motif for her actions. Critical analysis of the circumstances surounding Medea can help explain the vile deeds she comitted.

Justice is a broad term used throughout the story Medea. Jason breaks the promise and marriage of Medea by marrying someone else. Medea is stricken with grief and anger, which leads her to do indescribable things resulting in the murder of four people. The murderous acts of Medea, the tragic heroine, commits in her own pursuit of justice were not pardoned by the law of the land, condemning her to exile. Medea’s version of justice is taking matters into her owns hands. She wants to take revenge on

Aristotle, in Politics says, “The courage of a man is shown in commanding, of a woman in obeying.” 1 The statement more or less sums up how the Greek viewed their women. Not only were they subjugated to men, but also, were in a position comparable to slaves. Their prime duty lay in obeying there masters, which for women were the men or ‘kurios’ i.e. guardian. Having said that, let us look at the portrayal of women in the Greek literary sphere. In Homer’s The Iliad, Helen of Troy, ‘the face that launched

Medea, by Greek tragedian Euripides, is a tragedy based on the ancient Greek myths involving Jason and Medea. Medea is a woman who has been wronged by Jason, whom she married and had children with, only to be left for the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth, for supposedly virtuous reasons. In the drama Medea meticulously plans her revenge against her transgressor and his new family. Through some line of logic diluted with madness, Medea decides that the only way to truly save her only remaining loved

In Diane Arnson Svarlien’s translation of Euripides’ Medea, the playwright encrypted a hidden message in the play Medea that portrays the same theme as J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban which are: identity, and relationship. To back this up, the first half of the play is talking about the story of why Medea split up with Jason and Medea mentions that men, like Jason, treats women with betrayal. She then clarifies the idea by saying disgraceful things about her husband and ignores

Medea’s changing intention throughout this story demonstrate a psychologically consistent pattern of behaviour across events. Medea shows some inconsistency as she battles internally with her lust for revenge and her desire not to kill her own children. While Medea talks endlessly about exacting revenge and causing pain to Jason at whatever cost to her throughout most of the play, her resolve wavers as the reality of murdering her children approaches. As Molly has highlighted before me, Medea strengthens

The Greek tragedy, Medea by Euripides, is a tale which explores the motivational desires of each character in their various pursuits. We come to realise how Medea’s judgements within the play are based on passion and somewhat selfishness, whereas Jason’s decisions are also somewhat based on logic and planning for the future. Medea expresses her passion through her desire for Jason and uses this as her motivation. She also has a strong belief in retribution and revenge which makes her character appear

Euripides’ Medea, which is set in Corinth, tells a story of the vengeful Medea who completes abhorrent actions to take vengeance on her husband, Jason because he left her for the princess of Corinth. Medea spends the majority of the play losing her mind eventually killing the princess and her own children to retaliate. The actions that led to this play were that Jason was on a journey to retrieve the Golden Fleece in order to regain the throne from his Uncle Pelias. While on this journey Jason met