Euripedes Medea opens in a state of conflict Jason has abandoned his wife Medea along with their two children He hopes to advance his station by remarrying with Glauce the daughter of Creon king of Corinth the Greek city where the play is set All the events of play proceed out of this initial dilemma and the involved parties become its central characters Outside the royal palace a nurse laments the events that have lead to the present crisis After a long series of trials and adventures which ul
Greek tragedy has complicated relationship with the law and crime such as Euripides Medea Usually tragedies show crimes committed and ask their audiences to be judges and juries to judge the ethical issues attribute blame and provide justice On the other hand Shakespeares Othello has the same elements of committing crimes It does not matter whether the killer is male or female or who they murdered are The point is that these two tragedies Medea and Othello both commit crime to revenge ruler by
Irony is a literacy device characterized by a deliberate contrast between what is expected to happen to a character and the actual outcome But it can also apply to situations Madame Bovary is centered on the notions of romanticism and Flauberts moves to criticize these thoughts using the pitiable yet laughable character of Emma In doing this Flaubert greatly employs irony and in many forms situational dramatic and character It is a technique he employs to satirize an expose the characters chall
Emotions are common to all human beings and play a huge role in peoples daily lives Every decision made has an emotion attached to it they are the impetus for all acts thought of and committed Certain emotions are more intensely felt than others are and they can even engulf a person without his or her knowledge Pure and complete rage is one of those overwhelming emotions that lead the character to drastic measures as it cannot be contained Though everyone experiences the same set of emotions th
In Euripides Medea readers see Medea the allegedly monstrous wife of Jason hero of the Greek people Many critics have since held up Euripides play as further proof of Medeas monstrosity in her infanticide labeling her a Monstrous Mother However throughout Medeas interactions with other characters her mistreatment by her husband Jason and her interactions with her children the reader sees Medea in a new light she is no longer monstrous In fact the ideas of mythic and monstrous mothers no longer
Prompt In what ways does the last scene draw together the central concerns of the play Shakespeares Merchant of Venice has long been revered for its clever and witty use of language but it is Shakespeares handling of the central concerns of the play that earn him the highest regard The play delves somewhat playfully into issues of friendship fortune faithfulness and family while weaving in weightier matters such as hatred greed and vengeance While these issues are largely resolved in the trial
Many works of literature are not readily identified with the mystery or detective genre but nonetheless involve the investigation of a mystery The solution to the mystery may be less important than the knowledge gained in the process of the investigation In Henrik Ibsens Hedda Gabler the main character with the same name as the title confronts such a mystery What mystery does Hedda confront What does she investigate How does her investigation illuminate the work as a whole A good question to as