audience to sympathise with them and get emotionally involved with the plot. The two main characters‚ Medea and Jason‚ each have certain qualities of the Tragic Hero‚ but neither has them all. This makes them more like the common man that is neither completely good nor evil‚ but is caught in the middle and forced to make difficult decisions. Euripides’ ‘Medea’ is a play based on the myth of Jason and the Argonauts. The play was originally performed around 431 BC and was written as a part of the festival
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Jason Derulo Born September 21‚ 1989 Early Life Jason Derulo’s full name is Jason Joel Desrouleaux. He was born September 21‚ 1989‚ Miami‚ Florida U.S. He’s an American singer‚ songwriter‚ choreographer‚ dancer and rapper. He became known for his double-Platinum hit‚ ’Whatcha Say‚’ which samples the Imogen Heap song ’Hide and Seek.’ He studied opera and ballet at the Dillard Center for the Arts and began writing songs for Diddy and Danity Kane when he was sixteen. Jason’s career started after writing
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makes her far guiltier than Jason Traditional audience vs modern audience Emotion love obligation < life Justification does not equal right Responsibility – guilt 1. MEDEA: 2. JASON: 3. COMPARISON: In Euripidies play‚ Medea‚ Although both Medea and Jason committed wrongs‚ Medea’s acts of revenge ultimately make her more guilty than Jason. Medea‚ in a desperate act for justice‚ acted out in many murders‚ killing the ones closest to her. Jason‚ blinded by his desire for power
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Assignment #2: Demonstrative Communication Jason Thomas BCOM 275: Business Communication and Critical Thinking May 27‚ 2013 Dr. Joel Maier Demonstrative Communication plays a major role in the business communication and critical thinking. The way we nonverbally communicate and how we communicate without writing can determine the success or failure of a business transaction. For example‚ facial expressions‚ tone of voice‚ body language‚ pace‚ rapport and other forms of demonstrative communication
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Although Jason can root the causes of his sufferings to his own wrongdoings‚ with the loss of innocent children‚ he certainly suffers the most out of the characters in Medea. Because Jason is not entered into the play until far into the plot‚ the audience has a biased opinion of him from the start. This time allows for other characters to depict him as they see‚ without Jason there to defend himself. After reading the first few pages of the play‚ we already have a bias against Jason and believe
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character whose unyielding motivation is what drives the play. It is also tempting to dismiss her actions as crazy‚ however using the word crazy implies that there are no reasons for the things she does when in fact there is. Throughout the play Jason acts as a manifestation of everything Medea sees wrong with regards to the male-female relationship. If anything Medea is a calculating and cunning individual who puts her own principles above anything else including her own children. In fact the
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protagonist Medea learns that her husband Jason breaks every vow and betrays her by taking another woman to bed. Feeling outraged and hurt‚ Medea decides to take revenge. She carries out her plan successfully and the play concludes with Medea escaping off to Athens. Throughout the play‚ two distinct concepts of beliefs and point of views are revealed in the two main characters of the play‚ Medea and Jason. Medea sees the world through the views of passion whereas Jason sees the world through the views of
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Medea is a tale of rebellion against the patriarchy of its time‚ which is symbolized by Jason’s betrayal of Medea and her revenge against him to quell her female rage. Jason turning on Medea is the plot catalyst used by Euripedes to demonstrate the danger of scorning women. Medea’s revenge is especially shocking and intended to punish Jason for his infidelity. Her methods are designed to move Medea’s character away from a traditionally passive female role into an anti-female threatening to men. The anger
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protagonist‚ confronts Jason‚ her husband who has abandoned her. It is the first time Medea shows Jason the rage she has for him‚ and he responds with rhetoric and logical argument. This passage is important to the audience’s perception of the relationship between Medea and Jason‚ and their similarities and differences which make up the main themes of the play. One of the most important features of this passage is that is the main part of Medea’s only interaction with Jason in the play. This is
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Medea (Greek: Μήδεια / Mēdeia) is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides‚ based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened‚ and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman. Euripides produced the Medea along with Philoctetes‚ Dictys and the satyr play Theristai‚ winning the third prize (out of three) at the City Dionysia festival
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