... Many a hopeless matter gods arrange. What we expected never came to pass, What we did not expect the gods brought to bear; So have things gone, this whole experience through!" This drama is a masterly presentment of passion in its secret folds and recesses. The suffering and sensitiveness of injured ... dead." After the play, and before the catharsis sets in, the audience is set pondering what it was that drove a woman to do such things, and to do them so cruelly. Euripides" dominant theme shines through: women driven to extremes by the actions of men. Another confronting and ... specifi...

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... or weak or passive: let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, Loyal to my friends. To such life glory belongs. (805-8) She aspires for all those things, which have traditionally been the undisputed domain of men. Whereas, almost all the other female characters live under the shadow of their male relations. All their aspirations, choices and actions ... his throne, bade him to procure the Golden Fleece from Colchis if he wanted to be named as his successor. According to the legend , Hera asked Aphrodite to make Medea fall violently in love with Jason so that ...

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• Grade Level: High School