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In five pages Euripides' tragic protagonist is examined in an application of Aristotle's Greek tragedy formula. There are no othe...

This 10 page paper examines the way writers have treated women in mythology. The writer examines The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Metamo...

In five pages Euripides' and Seneca's depictions of Medea are contrasted and compared in this literary analysis. There are no oth...

This paper contrasts and compares the depiction of Phaedra by Euripides in Hippolytus and Penelope by Homer in 'The Odyssey' in fi...

they professed to love, with Medea most certainly taking the deed to great extremes. It is important for the student to understan...

society has determined what their roles are and how long they are to enact them. Enter Nora and Medea, who both prove to have min...

In ten pages this research paper examines how the Greek perspective of tragedy is featured in Euripides' plays The Women of Troy a...

lament: "Of everything that is alive and has a mind, we women are the most wretched creatures. First of all, we have to buy a hus...

what is bothering her, Phaedra seems to describe the Enlightenment philosophy in her observation: "We understand and recognize wha...

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 She is dejected and withdrawn, lying on her bed despondent and weeping.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

of heroism in combat as they fought for noble causes and died for noble causes, with visions of lavish funeral rites dancing in th...

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

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

the gods may not necessarily determine all aspects of humanity, that which has been labeled as free will may not be free after all...

could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...

Medea would also benefit: "What luckier chance could I have come across than this, An exile to marry the daughter of the king? It ...

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...

was the wife of King Priam and the mother of Hector, who was killed by Achilles. Her other son; Polydorus was means to be safe as ...

when the user-participants were not allocated any developmental responsibility, the participants nevertheless felt a significant i...

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

by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...

"Id plan and work revenge with her" (line 102). With the gods approval, Electra and Orestes set out to avenge their fathers murde...

story of Agamemnon we are presented with a man who sacrifices his daughter, at the request or command, of the gods, in order that ...

In five pages the political issue involving identification of gender roles is examined within the context of the play and a compar...

before establishing their own enclave in the Cithaeron wilderness. Young King Pentheus vows to keep his empire intact and dedicat...

Women, the impact of these unequal gender scales on women are examined and depicted very differently, for in one, the women are ac...

shown for "wives and women in general" (Vasillopulos 435). Christopher Vasillopulos observed in his literary criticism of Medea, ...

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

Medeas chorus is intent upon pointing out the downfall of one of mythologys most important literary motifs: power and the tragic h...

In five pages this paper discusses the timeless appeal of these two works with similar themes. There is no bibliography included....