"Medea," "Oedipus," and "Romeo and Juliet"

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This paper compares the family relationships and intrigues between the main characters of these plays: "Medea," "Oedipus" and "Romeo and Juliet". The author claims that in each one of the plays mentioned above, the characters' relationship with their family is driven by either love, hate and mistrust.

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"The demise of Oedipus, Romeo and Juliet, and Medea greatly impacted their families. Conflicts within the families were used to produce drama and create suspense in all of the previously mentioned plays. In Oedipus, Sophocles used an oracle to predict the fate of a man who kills his own father and beds his mother. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates conflict from two lovers who fall in love against their family's permission. In Medea, a family structure is tossed to the wind when the king chooses another bride. In all of these instances, the family played a critically role in carrying the play and the family was used to create suspense."

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