... an in depth analysis of her character and situation to be done in the following pages. I shall now examine both the textual as well as mythological references to ascertain how Euripides portrayed Medea and how his portrayal was different from the traditional mythology. A minute study of the text in the context of the Medea-Jason myth helps us to determine the reasons why Medea ... in the expository soliloquy of the Nurse and later in the various dialogues of Medea, especially the ones uttered at the occasion of her first and then the last encounter with Jason. Medea, a barbarian' in th...

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