... by Michael Townsend, is compiled of numerous themes, and social commentaries that build the "dramatic action" necessary for this Greek tragedy, making it a well-known and extendedly read piece of literature (Corrigan 553). Medea, along with her melodramatics, stirs up numerous events that victimize the "flat and two-dimensional characters" in the play that are "pawns" in her very own "chess game," just as ... Jason victimizes her (Corrigan 553). Medea's love ... for Jason is taken for granted, and disregarded; Jason proves this by planning to wed the daughter of the King of Creon, and ...

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... , barbaric Greek can be seen with particular poignancy when studying Euripides" great tragedy, Medea, and also his satyr, Cyclops. In these plays it is interesting to note that not only does this divide correspond to gender but also the social hierarchy between Greeks of differing states. II MEDEA One of the main themes in Euripides" Medea is the gender and cultural divide that is established between ... Medea and Jason. From the beginning of the play it is established that Medea, an exile, is the barbaric and emotive character, her coming to Corinth "mad with love ... like the "barbari...

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