... her an authoritative presence, demonstrating her control and thus her power. Dramatic irony is a technique, vital to the assembly of Medea's compelling persona. While Jason is oblivious to Medea's true intentions the audience is aware of what she plans to do, giving a sense of collusion. Medea appears to be the leader of a "feminist movement" with the chorus and audience as followers, thus placing her on a ... pedestal, higher than a normal human being. Dramatic suspense is utilized throughout the play to ... draw interest to Medea's persona. Her true power and presence is essentially r...

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• Grade Level: High School

... , and one of the most famous tragic playwrights of the time was Euripides. Though one of his plays, Medea, was rather unpopular because of its feminist ideas at the time, it is now one of the most studied and famous plays among scholars and readers alike. Medea is a tragic play because it has the unity of time, place, and action, and an evil action that ... leads to the suffering and death of innocent people. The protagonist of this play, Medea the sorceress, is a tragic heroine in that ... to an inescapable situation, and the tragedy occurs within her own family. These three criteria w...

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• Grade Level: High School