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"Medea" by Euripides and by Seneca, 2002.
A comparison of two versions of the story.
1,905 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 60.95
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This paper compares the two versions of Medea, one by Euripides and another by Seneca. The Greek mythological Medea is known for her evil nature and dangerous passions, which drove her wild with jealousy, and she committed a series of murders to make her husband suffer. This paper examines the story of Medea.
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"Medea is a despicable character of Greek mythology and Euripides later produced a play on her story. The Euripides?s version of Medea is the most popular though many others presented their own versions. Along with Euripides, Seneca also produced a well-known play on the subject. There have been slight differences in all available versions of Medea, but the plot remains the same. Medea was the princess of Colchis who fell in love with Jason and helped him obtain the Golden Fleece through her powers of Witchcraft. She knew magic and sorcery and often used her skills for her ulterior motives."
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"Medea" (Euripides), 1992.
Examines killing/suicide as a moral question in this Greek play.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 39.95
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"Who or What, if Anyone, Has the Right to Take a Human Life?
Immoral killing denotes vengeance; moral murder, exoneration. No justification exists for immoral bloodshed but applicability applies to moral slaughter, self-defense killing. In Medea, the play by Euripides, Princess Medea is portrayed as an immoral murderess. Medea betrays her father and kills her brother to accommodate Jason. She goes to the court of Pelias and has his own daughters kill him. Both Medea and Jason flee and take refuge in Corinth. Here, Jason falls in love with Glauke, daughter of King Kreon, and deserts Medea.. Medea plots to destroy Glauke, King Kreon, and her two sons by Jason. She avenges her abandonment employing murder to torment Jason.
Medea's conspiracy constitutes immoral killing. She kills ..."
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Medea by Euripides, 1986.
Examines the themes of exile, man-woman relationships & filicide (child murder) based on Greek legend.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"This paper examines the various themes to be found in Medea,
the play by Euripides, the 5th-century playwright and friend of
Socrates (70-115). Euripides? play dramatizes the well-known legend of the journeys of Medea, granddaughter of Helios, god of the sun, and her husband Jason. According to this Greek legend Jason, an Argonaut, travels to Colchis on the Black Sea, where, with the help of Medea, he manages to secure the Golden Fleece. Medea, who is a sorceress of significant power, facilitates her escape and that of Jason from Colchis, chiefly by murdering her own brother. When Jason returns to his native Iolcus, he finds that his uncle, Pelias, has cheated him of his father?s throne. Medea takes it upon herself to intervene again, on Jason?s behalf, in the struggle by getting the daughters of Pelias to slay the ruler. And, once again, the couple takes flight and begins their lives(...)"
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"Medea" ( Seneca ) and "Medea" ( Euripides ), 1999.
Compares the characters, incidents, themes, styles and language of these plays by Roman and Greek writers based on the same myth.
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This study will compare two plays entitled Medea, by the Roman Seneca and the Greek Euripides. The focus of the study will be on the general superiority of Euripides' presentation of the tragedy. Despite the fact that the plays tell the same story, except for a few minor differences, the dramatic skills and story-telling flair of Euripides outshine the more leaden and much longer-winded Seneca.
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"This study will compare two plays entitled Medea, by the Roman Seneca and the Greek Euripides. The focus of the study will be on the general superiority of Euripides' presentation of the tragedy. Despite the fact that the plays tell the same story, except for a few minor differences, the dramatic skills and story-telling flair of Euripides outshine the more leaden and much longer-winded Seneca. Seneca tends to create interminable-seeming speeches with little dramatic or expository reward, especially from his Chorus. In fact, the editors themselves excise one long and obviously irrelevant speech "of great detail" from the Chorus of Seneca (Seneca 318). In addition, Seneca's tendency to flowery language often stops the play in its tracks rather than deepening its emotional impact as the author must have intended. Euripides, on the other hand, uses down-to-earth ..."
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Euripides? "Medea", 2004.
A literary review of "Medea" by Euripides, a story of one woman?s powerful love, dangerous obsession and ultimately, callous revenge.
1,184 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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The writer examines the story of "Medea"?, which shows that civilized men ignore at their peril the world of instinct, emotion and irrational experience and that carefully worked out notions of right and wrong are dangerous, unless they are flexible and allow for constant adjustment. The paper shows the parallels between pride and passion; both of which make Medea?s ?evil hearted plots? materialize, and both of which lead to her corruption.
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"The hypocrisy of neglected ideals has often been condemned as a major sin; however, in the moral world as in the romantic, it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved. ?Medea? opens with an oppressed victim claiming sympathy of Chorus and the audience, yet as the action develops inevitably, and the punishment shows itself twice as wicked as the crime, sympathy changes sides, and the audience are left with only one comfort. Since the worst has been reached, there can be nothing worse to follow. Here, ?many matters the gods bring to surprising ends. The things we thought would happen do not happen; the unexpected god makes possible??"
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Euripides' "Medea", 2002.
This paper analyzes the inconsistent narrative of Euripides? "Medea".
1,945 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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The following paper is an attempt to explain the inconsistencies in Euripides? "Medea", its narrative and story line. Neither the wisdom of Athens nor that of Jerusalem is monolithic. According to the author one cannot help but to conclude that Euripides wants to portray the women as rebellious, acting against the social norms because they have been suppressed for such a long time.
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?The above passage has been taken from the play Medea by Euripides. It is the first scene in the play set in front of the house of Medea and Jason in Corinth. A nurse tells the audience about the circumstances of the household and Medea cries and tells the audience of her unfortunate circumstances. Her husband has taken a new wife, the daughter of the king of Corinth. Here one sees that Euripides has tried to demonstrate the concept of marriage to the audience. Using his main character Medea, Euripides tells to the audience that men are fickle and selfish. He would choose a wife and then leave her because he does not like what he sees ?indoors?. Euripides further writes that a man of this nature is weak and a coward to dishonor a woman based on their selfish needs.?
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Euripides' ?Medea?, 2002.
This paper presents a critical analysis of Euripides' love story, entitled ?Medea?.
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The paper begins with a synopsis of the play?s plot, highlighting the themes of family and foreignness. It looks at Medea?s husband?s betrayal and the implications of her plight following this betrayal. Medea?s loss of reputation and status is explored on several levels. The play?s commentary on woman?s rights and its controversiality are discussed, and the text is analyzed for its references to societal injustices against women.
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"The Medea relates a story about the power of love, which induces sacrifice as well as jealousy and feelings of revenge aroused by betrayal. Medea, the principal character, is a woman, who is so smitten by her love for Jason that she forsakes her family, country, and people to live in ??the land of Corinth with her husband and children, where her exile found favour with the citizens to whose land she had come?.?
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Euripides, Medea and Sophocles, Antigone., 2002.
A comparison of these Greek tragedies.
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This six-page paper looks at the aspects of Antigone and Medea and how their lives have changed through interactions of certain characters. The paper also looks at the human traits that are discussed by the bards that affect all mankind such as hatred, murder, love and depression.
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Euripides' "Medea" & Sophocles' "Antigone", 1988.
Compares two leading women characters in Greek tragedies.
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"Euripides' Medea and Sophocles' Antigone are two of the most famous women in Greek tragedy. It is the purpose of this paper to compare and contrast these two tragic figures. In the interest of organization, each woman will be generally analyzed and then the two will be criticized together.
Medea is generally considered to be Euripides' masterpiece, and it deals with a woman whose love turns to hatred when she is betrayed. Euripides is very skillful at shifting the audience's feeling for Medea throughout the play. In the beginning she is a woman who has sympathy because Jason has deserted her, who marries Glauce, the daughter of Creon.
Medea is revealed to be a woman of revenge. At first she plots to kill Jason, his new wife, and Creon, but she decides against that. "This much then is the service I would beg from you:(...)"
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How do Euripides and Achebe Explore the Role of Gender ?, 2007.
A review, discussion and comparison of 'Things Fall Apart' by Chinua Achebe and 'Medea' by Euripides.
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This paper reviews and compares Achebe's work, 'Things Fall Apart' with 'Medea' by Euripides. The paper focuses primarily on how these two authors explore gender roles. According to the paper, Achebe and Euripides do this in very different ways, but result in the same conclusion.
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"Both in Medea and in TFA, women are hardly significant in their societies. Medea lives in a "male-dominated" world (in Greece at the time, women had no political rights and were confined in the gynaeceum). For instance, the Ibo tribe rejects everything that refers to women ("the men of Umofia laughed about the locust, about their woman, and about some effeminate men who had refused to come with them" p.41) and parents were much more satisfied to have a boy than a girl ("Ezinma should have been a boy" p.47). It is also very surprising that the sign of women's exclusion is also visible in some terms : the African word for woman, "agbala" is also used to define "a man who had taken no title" (p.10). It even became an offense: "[Okonkwo] had called him a woman. Okonkwo knew how to kill a man's spirit" (p.19)."
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"Medea", 2002.
An analysis of the emotional struggles throughout the classic Greek play "Medea" by Euripides.
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This paper describes Euripides? play "Medea" as a story about crimes of passion. Through the character of Medea, Euripides illustrates how one woman can become so overcome with rage and vengeance that she disregards all logic. The writer shows how Medea, through bitter revenge, destroys not only what is important to Jason, but to herself as well. Medea?s character demonstrates how one person can escape the realm of sanity and do irrational things in the heat of the moment causing irreversible damage.
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"Medea?s weakness is revealed through her excessive love and devotion for her husband, Jason. When he leaves her, she is hurt. Her emotion is expressed when explains to the women of Corinth that her heart is ?crushed? and that her life has no pleasure left. The depth of her sadness is such that she says she wants to die, explaining that Jason was her whole life. (24) Medea?s pain quickly turns to anger, which in turn becomes an intense and irrational need for revenge."
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'Medea', a Greek Tragedy of Betrayal and Revenge, 2001.
Summary and critique of the play "Medea", written by Euripides and, the version, translated by Michael Townsend.
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This paper summarizes and critiques the play "Medea" by Euripides and translated by Michael Townsend, emphasizing Euripides? style of writing and the new ideas he introduced such as his views on denial, revenge and the tragedy taking place. The paper also offers a psychological analysis of the characters of the play.
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?The chorus in Medea displays qualities of both a commentator and a spectator. At times, the chorus sides with Medea and hopes to give her advice and support, while at other times it quietly looks on, shaking its collective head and watching as the damage is done. When Medea first faces the chorus, her calm and reflective tone, especially after her previous eruptions of rage and despair, reveals her unsettling ability to gather herself together in the midst of a crisis and pursue her plans with an almost inhuman determination.?
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Medea, 2004.
An analysis of the character of Medea in Euripides?s play by the same name.
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Medea, the protagonist of Euripides?s play, represents both love and heroism in the work. The tragic end of the play, as well as the extreme actions prompted by her wounded love, however, makes her rather a contrast with characters in works where the outcome is more positive. Medea, in her capacity as hero, is thus compared with Odysseus from "The Odyssey" and with Penelope from the same work in her connection with love.
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"Medea is the hero of Euripides? play in several respects. Firstly, she is the protagonist of the play. Secondly, she is the instigator of action, and fearlessly pursues what she wants. Her social status is also high, as she is a princess and a sorceress. Medea thus has considerable powers and influence, which she uses to help Jason find the Golden Fleece. In terms of civilization however Medea is a barbarian, originating as she does from the Colchis island in the Black Sea. This area is seen by the ?civilized? Greeks as the very edge of the earth, where only barbarians reside. However, her strength of character and position sets her apart not only from her race, but also from her gender; many of her strengths are usually attributed only to men."
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Medea's Speeches, 2004.
An analysis of the speeches made by Medea in the play of the same name by Euripides.
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Over the course of Euripides?s play, "Medea", the protagonist makes five truly significant speeches, which seem to provide the outline for the plot. This paper explains how, in these speeches, Medea addresses the audience or the chorus of women, among whom she seeks a measure of justification and self-understanding. It discusses how, from the beginning, her motivation and determination in destroying Jason?s new family is obvious. However, her thoughts regarding the death of her own children seem to vacillate throughout the work. The writer points out that, over the course of these speeches, one sees the development of her revenge, the careful strategic outlay of her plans, and steady struggle with her maternal instincts. It also shows how her womanly desire for revenge and the desire to shelter her children from a harsh reality are portrayed in these speeches.
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"When we first see Medea enter the play, she is hysterical in grief. At that moment, she speaks of hating her children, saying ?Children of a hateful mother, I curse you / And you father. Let the whole house crash.? (112-113) Of course at the same time she speaks of killing herself as well, so one might chalk these murderous sentiments up to hyperbole. However, these words are significant for two particular reasons -- first that this mad grief belies her later philosophical resignation in speaking with the chorus, and secondly that this is the only time in the course of the play that Medea is ever shown as hating her children or failing to care about them. Here the poet seems to be suggesting that Medea?s later murder is driven by hatred, but throughout the remainder of the play and in all of the significant speeches she seems to be far more concerned with the welfare of her children than one might expect."
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Eliza Doolittle and Medea, 2007.
A comparative analysis of the characters of Eliza Doolittle, from George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and Medea, from Euripides' play, "Medea".
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This paper compares the characters of Eliza Doolittle from George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and Euripides' Medea by considering their different strengths and weaknesses, and the modes of representation used to distinguish them. Some reflection is also given to the means the authors use to convey the nature of each character and the ways in which the changes within the character are expressed. Finally, an attempt is made to analyze the two characters through considering the ways in which they have changed by the end of the play.
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" Although many critics have described Medea as being a woman that is transformed from someone who is suicidal and depressed into a person who is driven by anger and revenge, it is clear that Medea had always been a determined, strong woman. She had often used her magic powers to obtain what she wanted; shown through her actions in helping Jason obtain the Golden Fleece, the murder of her own brother, and through manipulating the daughters of Pelias to murder their own father. Instead, Medea is portrayed through Euripides, as a woman that kills while being completely sane, through an anger that is fuelled by pure jealousy. She is a woman scorned."
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