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Medea by Euripides

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Medea by Euripides

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a stirring psychological truth of human nature . This is clear when we examine the monologues given by Medea during the play . Each speech develops the character and creates certain audience empathy (Cousin 117-28 ) Medea is not a tragedy of a good person with a flaw . It is the tragedy of what eruptions occur in oneself and one 's society when morality is annihilated . However , his tragedy is not only a violation of a moral code , but

also an act in violation of human rationality and dignity . While the culture and politics of Ancient Greece have changed over the centuries , the basic human emotions such as anger , fear and passion that Euripides has written about have not (Cousin 117-28

a successful tragedy is Character "There will be an element of character in the play , if . what a grandee says or does reveals a convinced moral reason and a good constituent of character , if the purpose so revealed is good . Such goodness is possible in every type of personage , even in a woman or a slave , though the one is perhaps an inferior and the other a wholly worthless being (Aristotle 242 . It is clear from the outset that Euripides has not created the protagonist of whom Aristotle speaks . Medea 's purpose is not good . This is evident in her first exchange with the Chorus

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