... the monster, a husband would never expect anything of this magnitude from his wife. Medea would not have accompanied Jason on his journey, as Penelope did not accompany Odysseus in The Odyssey. Medea played an important role in her relationship with Jason, a role that never would have existed in true Greece. In Medea, the protagonist of the same name exhibits many qualities ... idea that creating a new environment will engage readers to think more critically about women's place in society. Though, it may also just have been more enjoyable for a writer to have characters other than males...

• Word Count: 2174
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the start of the play in heroic terms. Her language and action, as well as the familiar frame in which they operate, mark her as a heroic character, one of those characters whose purpose was specific, whose defiance of threats and advice, whose refusal to betray their own ideal vision were the preoccupation of Sophoclean tragedy. Medea is presented to the audience ... and hurt your enemies- it was only to be expected that their revenges, when they felt themselves unjustly treated, would be huge and deadly. The epic poems [i.e., Homer's Iliad and Odyssey] do not really question Achilles'...

• Word Count: 1681
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School