Plato & Medea

In ancient Greece women were seen as many things. In any case, they are not considered comparable to men. Women are often portrayed as being controlled by submissive households. They play a supplementary or secondary role in life and men often ask their wives, but they hope that they will stick to their hopes. In tragic Medea wrote by Euripides, unlike most Greek women who only played a minor role, Medea played an important role in this story, but she was the other Greek lady Also showed many differences with. Behavior and spiritual pattern At Medea of ​​Euripides, the hero's Medea shows her aggressive revenge, cruel and brutal passion and undermines the misfortune of traditional African women by becoming a very clever woman It shows the features.

Medea shows myself as a positive and resolute woman who is ready to do what she has done in the story. Begging this book, she began threatening to retaliate against her husband Jason, "Because he did something to me, I could find a way or my husband If you want to pay ... "9). Media touched only the anger he developed for his husband in his body. Traditional Athenian women mourn to lose their husbands and may be angry with him, but they never swear to take revenge on his actions. In this case, the woman often depends on her husband and still depicts that he will do something for him.

When he decided that it was time for Medea to kill his own child, she came up with a slight idea. I am an unfortunate woman "(p. 40). This is a traditional women's idea of ​​Athens, but she can not promise her plan or kill her own child. On the other hand, Medea listened to God listening to her children, so she took over her reasonable and direct thinking self to her enthusiasm and hatred of Jason.

As the story goes on, the cruel and savage passion of Media transcends her reasoning. Medea's view, unlike traditional Athenian women's views, "... I think that even the most helpless woman in doing good deeds is the most evil and clever trick.

Your child should not die. "(Page 29, Medea) This reveals the most important part of the drama.The audience no longer supports Medea, but she is being shocked and insulted.The pity, this is about women The feminist stereotype is a tool that shows that it is a belief that is still firmly held by society.The role of "maternity" and "raising" is a feature of female sex, and media kills her child I ignored it correctly.

Medea of ​​Euripides and Medea of ​​Seneca are Medea's two surviving ancient tragedies. These two versions are very different and contrast in some ways. Euripides portrays Medea as more humanistic. She is a synonym of a suppressed housewife who can only endure crimes committed after suffering. Seneca's Medea was revening more than Olympus and she was angry from the start. The version of Seneca also depicts Medea as a witch of revenge, which is known as a witch in the Euripides version and has extraordinary skills in poisons and potions, but it is not like the beauty of Seneca. Dea is equally important and important. These two poets provide a clear depiction and personality of Medea. The most prominent of them is a depiction of her actions by Medea himself and the choir.