Medea Is A Tragic Feminist Text
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Medea is a tragic text due to it containing a tragic hero, Medea, who due to her harmartia challenges the dominant views of femininity in the patriarchal society of the epoch, thus furthermore making it a feminist text. While pursuing her ambition Medea disregards many of the feminine stereotypes/ ....
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.... actions to achieve revenge also rouses pity and fear( Jason’s betrayal, audience pity her however when she kills her kids they fear her ). Another component of a tragedy is that it contains a tragic hero who evokes both the audiences pity and terror and, due to their harmartia is led to their ultimate downfall. Medea is the tragic hero in this play and her tragic flaw is revenge and passion which, while challenging feminine stereotypes of the male dominant Greek society to achieve them, lea ....
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