1. War and Marriage from greek plays to the Modern novel
... internal confrontations of passion and reason, which affects their decisions concerning their marriage, and equally affects the people around them. Jason for instance, while trying to assuage Medea's anger, tells her that he married Glauke "in [Medea's] best interest and the children's that [they] may live well and not be short of anything."" Though clearly grasping at straws, and trying to appeal to ... the greater good in order to rationalize what is essentially a broken promise, a look deeper shows that Jason is also trying to ... of need [being] off at Delphi."" (Andromache, Euripi...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate