Contrasts and Comparisons between Medea and Clytemnestra

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Medea and Clytemnestra are two of the most important women in ancient Greek tragedy. This essay examines the role of vengeance in the way these two women are portrayed by the authors and compares and contrasts the way Aeschylus and Euripides view them. While Medea is viewed sympathetically, Clytemnestra is portrayed as positively insidious, while her husband bears little of the blame.This paper has five pages and no additional sources are listed.