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bound to engage. While mythological women were strong of mind and spirit, they were not allowed to express their inner most being...

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

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

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

In her soliloquy, shortly before she kills the boys, she asks why should she do something that will hurt not only Jason, but herse...

revenge, but she is primarily using the only tools she has, those of her position as a woman and a mother. With Lysistrata we a...

she has aided and abetted a foul creature, and that the creature must be destroyed. Just as he married her for his own...

he would take a dim view of Jason abandoning his duty to his wife and children in favor of selfish gain. The chorus would be the...

typical mythological female was not; her defiance, passion, reason and intestinal fortitude combined together with her ability to ...

men. It is their rules and their decisions that determine how women should act and what role they can play in society. Antigones ...

that which was rightfully hers. This was a very grave endeavor during these ancient times and serves to illustrate just one small ...

must leave and also leave the children with him. In all honesty there is no reason why he should have dismissed her in such a mann...

This paper examines how women in Ancient Greek society were portrayed in a comparative analysis of the plays Lysistrata by Aristop...

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

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

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...

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

In 5 pages this paper discusses the barbarian's role in the characterization of Medea in this analysis of the classic tragedy by E...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

In six pages this comparative analysis examines the suffering and fate of female protagonists Dredriu and Medea in these works. T...

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

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

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

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

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