CLASSIC 28 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Clytemnestra, Hubris, Door Knocker
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Commanded the greek armed forces in trojan war. Theme: duty to state or duty to family. Lady with a knife (cuts open a root that bleeds like human flesh/cuts her brother in pieces). Choice falls in love; jason vs. family obligations. Role of father = obstruction, followed by brother and ambushes him, chopping him into pieces forcing father (who is in pursuit) to pick up individual pieces. Ending of euripedes medea: revengeful wife stereotype, but a distortion of medea and her real function. Perhaps euripides"s sympathy towards women is the reason he lets medea fly away. Medea"s violence is the result of oppression, put upon by a male dominated society and cast aside like old baggage. When faced with this incredibly unfair treatment, medea responds with bloody resistance. By killing her children, she rebels against the dominant role of women in her time: motherhood. In a way, she"s stopping another generation of potential oppressors from gaining power.
