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femininity in Euripides’ ‘Medea’ and Jean Rhys’ ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’.

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April 15, 2014

 

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Recognising the prejudice and indifferent treatment to women of that time, Euripides used Medea as a representation of all women’s feelings and experiences, embodying pain, jealousy, passion and unfairness, especially in a family breakdown. Medea became a spokeswoman for them but he creates her as an antithesis of the common idea by giving her a mind of her own, power and hold over the male characters; using her femininity to charm and manipulate, which was inconceivable in those days...
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It must be remembered that women were not allowed on stage, so all performers were men, wearing masks and costumes therefore there cannot be a psychological profile of Medea, only a representation of femininity by the actor playing her part. The audience is first introduced to Medea, not in person but by her wailings and laments behind the ‘skene’ This is a backdrop in the centre of the stage and this building represents Medea's home...
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