... on his view on the subject. He list many things that would make a lady a good spouse, a few of them are common with the traits the Medea, a legendary Greek witch, displays in her legend and in the novel written by Euripides. Although, she does some things that would contradict Aristotle's view of a ... a slave bought and taken home." (Ancient history Sourcebook: Aristotle: On a Good Wife, from Oikonomiko, c. BCE page1) According to the legend of Medea and Jason, Medea did serve Jason very faithfully. She did many things to help him achieve what he wanted even when she had to go against he...

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... least, Euripides was the least traditional. He was involved more divine power. Euripides was known to be the father of physiological tragedies. Some of his works included, The Trojan Woman, Medea, and Hercules. Aristophanes was the first tragedian that used comedy in his playwrights to create tragicomedies during the fifth century. Tragicomedies are plays ending with a happy ending. Comedian plays made ... ...

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... women were defined by their exclusion from that sphere". This view can also be seen in their involvement of the theatre, and the Greek plays that used to be performed. Medea, for example, is a Greek tragedy that describes the wiles of a woman, her fight against her husband, and then her eventual downfall as she kills her children. The play examines many ... ...

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... character cannot be so evil that for the sake of justice we desire his or her misfortune. The character should be someone who is famous or prosperous, like Oedipus or Medea. Aristotle believed that natural disasters such as floods, accidents, children's deaths, though terribly pathetic can never be tragic in the dramatic sense because they do not occur as a result of ... ...

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