... is more of a disapproval of passion, revenge and arrogant pride. Euripides explores these ideas in his play. At the start of the play Medea Euripides gives Medea an opening speech to the chorus in which she reminds the audience of the powerless position of women in Greek society by referring to the women ... as "wretched creatures" and by stating that they do anything for their men. The chorus strengthen this unequal gender position by agreeing for Medea to get her revenge by saying "you will be right to exact vengeance from your husband". In Greek society women did not have the ... to ...

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... 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 vexed with what he finds indoors, he goeth forth and rids his soul of its ... with their sorry reasoning, for I would gladly take my stand in battle array three times o'er, than once give birth." (Euripides) In saying this, Medea is showing that she truly has several feministic beliefs. She explains that she doesn"t understand that men can have friends, while wome...

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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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