Medea Comparison
Comparison between Medea and Streetcar Named Desire
The position of woman through each century has always been a great dilemma; some sought them as an important role of humanity whereas others thought that they were just slaves, inferior to men. On the other hand, some thought this subject fascinating such as Euripides, who clearly shows this through his play Medea. Through his play, he shows the position of women and their subordination to men which was important in Greek society. Even though Athens, for example, was considered as a place, freer, than the rest of Greece was nevertheless a city that depended on slave labor and the oppression of women. Euripides wants to show the difficulties that befall women, however, his main character, Medea, is not a weak woman but a reel woman who has suffered and has become twisted through her suffering. Moreover, Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire is also a play on the role of woman in more recent society however; he does not choose to take a strong and hard-minded woman, but a weaker and more illusional character, Blanche. As one may see, the role of women in both of these societies has barely changed and so, through this analysis, we shall compare the roles of women through Medea and A Streetcar Named Desire.
One of the main themes of both of these plays is the way how the authors push their character to the extreme, making them, right at the start alone. Through Streetcar, one can see that Blanche has left her home, Belle rêve, to live with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley. However, her native home, as one could say, was not left on a joyful criteria but on a sad event. Blanche lost this house through money problems, pushing her already to and extreme confrontation. She is also a widow and so, desperately seeks companionship and protection in the arms of strangers. Moreover, she has never recovered from her tragic and consuming love for her tragic and consuming love for her first husband. Blanche
The position of woman through each century has always been a great dilemma; some sought them as an important role of humanity whereas others thought that they were just slaves, inferior to men. On the other hand, some thought this subject fascinating such as Euripides, who clearly shows this through his play Medea. Through his play, he shows the position of women and their subordination to men which was important in Greek society. Even though Athens, for example, was considered as a place, freer, than the rest of Greece was nevertheless a city that depended on slave labor and the oppression of women. Euripides wants to show the difficulties that befall women, however, his main character, Medea, is not a weak woman but a reel woman who has suffered and has become twisted through her suffering. Moreover, Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire is also a play on the role of woman in more recent society however; he does not choose to take a strong and hard-minded woman, but a weaker and more illusional character, Blanche. As one may see, the role of women in both of these societies has barely changed and so, through this analysis, we shall compare the roles of women through Medea and A Streetcar Named Desire.
One of the main themes of both of these plays is the way how the authors push their character to the extreme, making them, right at the start alone. Through Streetcar, one can see that Blanche has left her home, Belle rêve, to live with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley. However, her native home, as one could say, was not left on a joyful criteria but on a sad event. Blanche lost this house through money problems, pushing her already to and extreme confrontation. She is also a widow and so, desperately seeks companionship and protection in the arms of strangers. Moreover, she has never recovered from her tragic and consuming love for her tragic and consuming love for her first husband. Blanche