CLA232H1 Lecture Notes - Trojan War, Ponos, Childbirth
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Media both female and barbarian and a witch. Conflict between jason (greek, male, hero) and media (barbarian, female, and a witch) If there were women present, they weren"t like upper class athenian wives. If anything they were prostitutes: so for this reason we would expect euripedes to side on the side of jason (man, male audience, male playright. Heavily civic occasion (city of dionysus) rituals before the play. The plays were chosen by the people, the demos. The play that won the prize would be awarded a prize at the end. Women are always bad, weak and irrational. Character media is like an equal to a man, and if they are not, they are quite sympathetic. So what are tragedies doing projecting the women as such who are so strong and manly". But in tragedies, many women do come to bad ends, and kill themselves. But its never as simple as a simple morality tale.
