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Themes In Medea
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....ess in old age
3. Failed heroism
2. Revenge-drama:
1. Medea gravely wronged by Jason
1. Jason a non-citizen and exile offered opportunity to marry princess of Corinth, inherit throne
2. Medea regarded as concubine and her children reduced to dependents of Jason's children by princess
3. Violation of oaths to g.... Part 2 of Paper
....Represents the non-human and non-Greek
2. Medea as male
1. Successfully avenges slighted honor
2. Punishes breaker of oaths and so acts as agent of divine justice--classic patriarchal role
3. Contrast with Penelope's failure to protect household: why does Penelope fail in the masculine role and Medea succeed?
4. Gender = power (dominance vs. submission)
Medea was a devotee of the goddess Hecate, and one of the great sorceresses of the ancient world. She was the daughter of Ki.... |
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