... might find brutal, pitiless, and mean-spirited. Thus, a hero was not necessarily always "good- in the modern sense of the word. Despite the despicable act of killing her own children, Medea fulfills the definition of a tragic hero in the Sophoclean sense. Medea is presented from the start of the play in heroic terms. Her language ... triumphs but he is dead; Oedipus wins, but he is blind; Antigone achieves victory after she hanged herself. Medea is quite sure, however, that the gods are on her side. From her first appearance has no doubt that the gods support her cause. She appeals to The...

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