... servants, serving at their husband's will. However, the main character in "Medea" by Euripides is a representation of feminist feelings and thoughts that are contrary to those that women were expected to have. Medea is shown at the beginning of the play as a disgruntled and depressed alien woman ... . She feels that women as a whole receive appalling injustices due to the necessity of marriage, followed by near enslavement by their husbands. Medea also reveals in her monologue that, "But when a man is ... for I would gladly take my stand in battle array three times o'er, than once give b...

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... role in the play. Euripides" has also been described as a feminist and a misogynist. To discuss the gap between males and females we need to look at the roles of Medea, Jason, The Chorus, and the Servants. The play Medea may seem a peek into the future but the reality of it is that it is based on all the happening of the time that it was ... elder male parts into female and then goes deeply into the concept that women can and will be more then they seem. Medea is the main character of the play. She is a woman who wants to strive in a "man's world". As Medea is a woman of extreme behavio...

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The current state of the female gender depends wildly upon whether or not women are of the western culture. However, since the majority of the world and other societies looks upon western culture for direction and influence, women everywhere have similar guidelines and oppressions bestowed on them. Females are constantly told to be nearly emaciating thin, almost impossibly fit with Britney Spear's-like abs, too sexy for any age, and beyond anatomically correct. And, females have to appear stunningly gorgeous at every second of every day. Women have to be sexy and classy at the same time, which...

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... staying in their homes, keeping quiet about most matters, and acting in a subservient and obedient manner. However, the tragic playwrights, perhaps eschewing feminist ideologies ahead of their times, did not seem to think it necessary to restrain the roles of the fairer sex in their works. The ... presence of strong female lead characters, such as the title protagonists in Sophocles" Antigone and Euripides" Medea, shows that women do not always have to remain passive and in the background of a plot. In fact, the aforementioned women have personalities ... the stage for subsequent playwr...

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