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Medea Characterization by Euripides

In three pages this research paper contends that the playwright conceived of Medea as a character that would inspire sympathy in a...

Western Classical Literature and Women

was forbidden to her, period. It was not her place to try to reason why; it was her place to obey without question. This is what w...

Epic Hero Transformation in Greek Literature

In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...

Mythology of Greece and the Roles of Antigone and Medea

This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...

Women in Medea and Electra

This paper examines the female characterizations in Medea and Electra in five pages. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliograph...

Love of Family and Homeland in Euripides' Medea

about Jasons desertion is the fact that Medea compromised her own existence as a means by which to save his life and is reciprocat...

Medea, Hamlet, and the Theme of Revenge

In 6 pages this paper discusses how the revenge theme is developed by madness, the supernatural, and protagonist attitudes in Mede...

A Medea 'Apologia'

In five pages an apologia or argument on behalf of Medea is constructed based on the reasoning and logic of 'Encomium of Helen' by...

Drama Then and Now

In five pages drama is considered in the works Wit by Margaret Edson, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Medea by Euripides. Ther...

Drama of Euripides

This paper consists of five pages and examines Euripides' psychological dramas Hippolytus, Medea, and Alcestis in terms of their d...

Comparing Clytemnestra and Medea

to be somewhat different from those of their male counterparts. While men typically choose to kill in a very straightforward manne...

Heroism Critique by Euripides in Medea, The Bacchae, and Hippolytus

In seven pages this paper considers how the classical Greek dramatist critiqued heroism in a contrast of antiheroes Pentheus, Mede...

Roles of Women in the Works of Euripides and Aeschylus

In a paper consisting of 5 pages this paper examines how women's social roles are depicted in Medea by Euripides and Agamemnon by ...

Comparing Antigone, Medea, and Nora Helmer

In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...

What Happened to Jason and the Argonauts After Medea Left?

This paper consists of six pages and presents a hypothetical scenario of what might have happened after Medea departed and the Arg...

Medea, Oedipus Rex and Cruelty

Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...

Greek Tragedies and 4 Views of Women

wife of Agamemnon who has been off fighting the Trojan War for ten years. The goddess Artemis had left the fleet organized by Aga...

Medea by Euripides

In five pages Euripides' tragedy is examined in terms of how Medea was ultimately corrupted by her desire for power. There are no...

Archetypal Woman in Literature

In five pages this paper compares Euripides' character of Medea with the character of Penelope in Homer's 'The Odyssey.' There a...

Women in Medea and Lysistrata

In four pages this research paper contrasts and compares the portrayal of women and their roles in ancient Greek society as repres...

Greek Mythology and Literature and the Gods' Incestuous Relationships

contribution to the image in Greek mythology is the story of Chiron, who was born of a union between Zeus and Ixion, the son of Ar...

Artists Antonio Canova and Edgar Degas Compared

In five pages Canova's 'Perseus and the Head of Medea' and Degas' 'The Little 14 Year Old Dancer' are compared in terms of the wor...

Greek Tragedy and Naturalist Theater

in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...

"Medea" - Treatment And Perspective Of Women

as she was forced to come face to face with her own shortcomings, which ultimately cast upon her the tragic flaw that eventually l...

Oedipus and Medea: Leadership and Kingship

watch these plays we see not only human frailty, but the workings of fate. Consider Oedipus: he killed his father and married his ...

The Role of the Gods in "Medea"

they were interested in seeing this story play out once again, and that they found meaning in it. It seems logical to assume that ...

Carol Gilligan/Female Moral Development

and sweet, she becomes increasingly corrupted by her exposure to "the Plastics," which refers to the clique of the three most pop...

Shaw’s Pygmalion, Euripides’ Medea

expert, Henry Higgins, makes a wager with a friend that he can masquerade a lower-class girl, Eliza, as a member of the upper clas...

Women’s Refusal in Euripides’ Medea and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

to her on the basis of her sex. To further complicate her situation, she was an exile from her primitive Colchis homeland, forced...

Women in 'Wide Sargasso Sea' and 'Medea'

she has given up. She is dejected and withdrawn, lying on her bed despondent and weeping. This depiction highlights Medeas femin...