"Not Guilty‚ By reason of Insanity!" These words have stung the ears of many courtroom observers‚ especially the families and friends of victims whose lives were snuffed out by a so-called ’insane’ assailant. While there are indeed many insane people running around the streets today‚ I feel that many persons who use the temporary insanity defense are more conniving than insane. Also‚ being an inexact science‚ the psychiatric community often offers up differing opinions as to any particular individual’s
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The tripartite prism and “Medea” Different from nowadays where the individualism predominates around the world‚ back in the day in ancient Greece the collectivity was valued more. In our case “Medea” we have another type a friendship‚ we have the princess Medea which killed her own brother and left her country only to marry Jason‚ but after a particular time Jason betrayed her by marrying another women‚ and the revenge caused by Medea was “Crazy”. According to (Larocco) we have two types of revenge
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Medea play versus Medea film “Medea” was an ancient Greek tragedy which was written by Euripides. It also was the most popularity mythology that spread to the Apennines in the 8th to 7th centuries B.C. Both play and film’ plot are about Medea‚ who is a princess of Colchis and also‚ is a barbarian witch as half human and half divine. Her grandfather is Helios‚ the Greek Sun god. However‚ she worships to Hecate‚ the goddess of dark place. She blindly falls in love with Jason who is a prince of Iolcus
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In Euripides Medea is in a state of struggle with her husband Jason. At one point she and Jason settled down and have established a family‚ they have also attained a degree of fame and respectability. But then Jason ends up abandoning Medea along with their two children because he fell in love with Glauce‚ this turn of events has crushed Medea emotionally. She is at a point where she curses her own existence. Meanwhile Jason ended up remarrying Glauce who is the daughter of Creon the king of Corinth
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Gender in Medea The treatment and portrayal of women in classical literature ranges from horrifying to degrading. Often‚ females are either presented as property‚ weak‚ and incapable or as manipulative and vindictive creatures that bring about the destruction of “valiant” and “worthy” men. Sexism is a cohesive theme throughout classical literature and myth. Euripides’ Medea does not directly portray women differently than the other works of his age‚ but there is an acknowledgement of the drastic
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Insanity Defense Due to a malfunction of certain areas within a mentally deficient individual’s brain the Insanity Defense issue should be slightly altered. Reason being is simply because since they are mentally unstable they could possibly not be so cognitive to their actions. However given the fact they are human to a certain degree they have a understanding of the actions being committed. There is not an excuse for murder. There is no excuse for mangling limbs. There is no excuse for death of
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Character‚ conflict‚ and theme in a dramatic work. 9/9 Medea By: YourNekoKittyCat Yellow - Who is the protagonist? What traits make him or her complex- round and dynamic? Answer: Medea is the protagonist‚ at first she was in love with Jason‚ he soon left her heart broken; chosing greed over the girl who saved his life twice. After that Medea became sad‚ it would grow inside of her‚ as she wanted revenge more and more‚ each passing
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The play write‚ Medea‚ scripted by Euripides‚ is about a woman named Medea who seeks out revenge for her husband because of infidelity and his want for power. Medea’s plan is to solely hurt Jason as much as she possibly can. Her plan consists of a lot of deaths including her two sons. At first‚ Jason tries to explain himself about why he left Medea. Still‚ Medea was already hurting and no words of solace from him would help. Medea’s first kill was Glauce‚ the women Jason wants to be with. Killing
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Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity: A Look into the Insanity Defense On Friday‚ March 3‚ 1843‚ the trial of The Queen v. Daniel McNaughton (West‚ Walk 12) began. The verdict of this trail changed the way the civilized world views the criminally insane. People who were criminally insane went from being viewed as evil and wild beasts to people who could not be held accountable for their actions at the time of the crime they committed. As time progressed‚ the insanity defense became an acceptable
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and the Odyssey. Both of these ancient authors used strong women in their works. In Euripides Medea‚ the main character of the same name is a force to be reckoned with. The play starts out just after the divorce of Jason and Medea. Jason has left Medea for a younger princess and Medea is the stereotypical woman scorned. The play takes an odd and slightly twisted change of pace when Medea plots revenge on Jason and kills the princess‚ her father‚ and her own two children. Conversely‚ in Homer’s
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