The film “Force Majeure” and the play Euripides’s Medea have many things in common. The male characters are similar in that they both abandon their family. Tomas abandons his family in an avalanche in order to save his own life and Jason abandons his family for another woman. The female characters are also similar in that they both feel betrayed by their husbands actions so they resort drastic measures to get a reaction out of them. Ebba fakes an injury‚ putting her children at risk of getting lost
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THE BACCHAE TODAY: MAENADS OF CHANGE The ancient Greek gods are known for being human-like in their jealousy and anger‚ yet beyond human compassion‚ and Dionysus in Euripides’ The Bacchae is no exception. Accompanied by his followers‚ liberated‚ frenzied women known as the Maenads or Bacchae‚ Dionysus comes to Thebes‚ Greece from Asia‚ as a new god. They are rejected by the Thebans and the god plans to retaliate. “...Here I plead the cause of my own mother‚ Semele‚ appearing as a god to mortal
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The Role of Gender in the Works of Euripides and Aristophanes Ancient Greek society was patriarchal in the sense that males held all the power and authority and consequentially had rights and privileges that women did not. For their part‚ Athenian women in particular were viewed as highly emotive creatures whose only duties in society were to bare children and serve their husbands. Athens‚ a city that prided itself on its democratic traditions and freedoms‚ paradoxically were very oppressive
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A Ruse Born of Love In Helen by Euripides‚ the play begins with Helen explaining how it was not actually herself that Paris took to Troy‚ but a phantom or replica‚ and she had been in Egypt for the duration of the Trojan War. She goes on explaining that she was transported to Egypt by Hermes and given to King Proteus‚ who is judged to be the most virtuous man of all mankind. She is sent there by Hermes so she can preserve her marriage with Menelaus. She says Menelaus is gathering an army to go
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The theatre has long stood as a place to lecture to a captive audience. The play Medea‚ by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides‚ is no exception. Euripides uses it as a vehicle to convey his subversive political messages to his fellow Greeks. Euripides’ play Medea serves as a social commentary to state that the Greek views on their gods and women are erroneous. Euripides argues that the Athenians’ subjugation to the gods is misplaced. To start with‚ god’s manipulate mortals in the god’s search
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Passage one: The Chorus’ first speech‚ page 193 to 196 Passage two: Dionysus and Pentheus’ exchange‚ 206 to 209 Passage three: Dionysus’ final speech‚ 241 to 242 Euripides’ The Bacchae explores the polarities of logic and impulse that are both inherent in human nature within a world fatally lacking in balance. In evoking the very extremes of both rigorous rationale and primal instinct‚ the folly of a linear worldview is tragically rendered. In the Chorus’ emphatic exaltation of Dionysus
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“Love and Deception” There are many pieces of literature that may entail more than one theme throughout the story. The tragedy‚ Medea‚ by Euripides is very good example of this. Throughout this story‚ the themes of betrayal and love‚ revenge‚ and women’s rights arise. Euripides brings these points up to help the reader to realize that women are powerful also. Betrayal is a very important theme throughout this story. Her husband Jason betrays Medea‚ when he abandons her
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within their plays. Euripides chooses to craft his female protagonist as someone who defies gender roles‚ acts in a more masculine way‚ is a feared outsider‚ and shows integrity. This alone would have been considered shocking to contemporaries‚ as women were normally submissive‚ delicate characters who served little purpose within the plot. Introduced as “luckless Medea”‚ she perseveres through adversities and social conventions on a journey to seek vengeance
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Liz Soolkin Hippolytus: Seneca‚ Euripides‚ Ovid The story of Hippolytus‚ a man wronged and killed by his own stepmother is a myth retold by many different writers. For this paper‚ I have chosen to discuss the myth as retold by Ovid‚ Seneca‚ and Euripides. Each multiform has a few distinct differences that impacts the meaning of the myth as whole. While reading each myth‚ the reader receives a completely different sense from the story‚ a conclusion that is unique to each story. The difference
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re-envisioned by directors to captivate modern audiences‚ which is illustrated in physical theatre company Zen Zen Zo’s reinterpretation of The Cult of Dionysus (Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre Company‚ 1992). This play‚ adapted from famous Greek playwright Euripides’ original play ‘The Bacchae’‚ was reinterpreted by director Simon Wood whilst still sustaining the pertinent ideologies and the relevant themes of this era: control‚ revenge and power. The performance effectively utilises
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