... , as was the traditional structure for theatrical tragedy. Instead, a tragic story, told through the eyes of a common man, could be just as effective and powerful. In Euripedes' play "Medea," the main character backs up Miller's idea of a common man representing the plight of a tragic hero. Although Medea was once the daughter of a king ... her children, who she kills, in order to keep her dignity - "Never shall you be mocked by Jason's Corinthian wedding [to herself]... "(Euripedes, 14). Her biggest fear and her main driving force is to not be laughed at by the Corinthians if she is cau...

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... and consists of five essential characteristics. Although some tragedies did not follow Aristotle's model, the list of characteristics that Aristotle describes became a prototype and outline for many Greek tragedy writers. Euripedes wrote over one hundred tragedies and many times he followed Aristotle's definition. Medea is unique in that it consists of many of Aristotle's ideas as well as some that ... Euripedes implemented himself. Aristotle states that a tragic hero must be noble, which means that the hero must be of high social class possessing moral qualities as well as unique abili...

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... theater is written today. Many of his most influential pieces of work were not fully appreciated until well after his time; His two most well-known plays The Medea and Hippolytus which are now considered masterpieces, were then considered failures. It just goes to show you that with the changing times what people find relevant and important changes as quickly as ... ...

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