Medea

This essay summarizes what happens in Medea by Euripides. *Do not read if you don't want to know what happens in the end of the play!!

The tragedy begins with Medea's nurse grieving over her mistress's cruel destiny. She wishes that Jason had never been sent to retrieve the Golden Fleece in Colchis, because then he would have never met Medea.

Medea: Revenge of a woman scorned (a critical summary)

An essay comparing the nature of the women in these two works from different eras and the significance of their emotional turmoil in relation to the message of the plays. Is it true that well-behaved women do not make literature?

Medea, the famous character, known for killing her two sons to take revenge for her husband's betrayal, is a foreign woman in both Euripides's and Seneca's version of the play Medea.

This short paper attempts to show that Medea and her questionable actions are a product of social tensions Greece places upon her. This is a piece often used by feminists and women's rights activists to show much the same thing in modern society.

Analysis of the change in the character of Medea from epic poem to film.

Analysis of Medea from "Medea" and Everyman from the morality play "Everyman."

An examination of Medea's actions, which are rooted in a patriarchal society which leaves women in exile with emotions unchecked.

A subjective research paper comparing Euripides' "Medea" and Don DeLillo's "Videotape" to express an the idea that there is a type of pleasure or power, if you will, in watching tragedy.

Medea gets to tell everyone her side of what happened in a court of law!

This article discusses the way in which Euripides' play "Medea" challenged traditional religious views of its time. This new viewpoint more accurately reflected the attitude of Athens during that time period

In drama, the audience behaves as one of the most important aspects for playwrights and production companies. Most playwrights try to incorporate the audience into their by representing them on stage by certain characters or aspects.

Seneca is one of the most admired figures of Roman history. In addition to being a statesman, politician, ethicist, and philosopher, Seneca was also a poet and playwright. This is a brief article examining one of his most popular plays, the Medea.

Medea as a vehicle for articulation of interchangeability of identity in forming ancient greek social structures.

Jason is celebrated as a hero in Greek mythology, but a deeper reading of the myths surrounding this character often show essentially a straw man, stood up by the gods and Medea.

There are many underlying themes and meanings in this myth which probably have their origins in older mythologies. Morford and Lenardon suggest that the myth of Jason, "reflect the expansion of the Greeks into the Black Sea" (Morford, Lenardon, 573).

Two versions of the classic tale Medea, composed by Seneca and Euripedes respectively, are profiled.

It was a toss up between going to Ancient Corinth or Delphi and I chose to go to Ancient Corinth. It was a shorter ride, the group was smaller, and I was able to be back in Athens by 2:00PM so it still gave me some extra shopping time in Athens (not that I bought anything anyways).

Realization that we are responsible for our own suffering.