Medea has a powerful story line which depicts the reality of relationships that has exists over ages. The character, Medea has a powerful role in the play as she is the one who expresses the strongest emotions over her divorce from her husband, Jason. Her reaction to the betrayal shows that she is extremely vocal and she is ready to do anything. As a reader, I could see the transformation that existed within Medea’s dialogue as she was going through the emotional transformation throughout the play. At the beginning of the play, Medea seemed to be filled with despair about the divorce and she was going to commit suicide. Towards the end of the play, Medea’s voice was more frantic about taking revenge and making a plot to kill the ones who has betrayed her. In this play, I think the sound played a biggest role in determining the agony and the anger that existed within the characters.
The role of Medea may have been set up in the Greek time, but her role exemplifies many women who live in the contemporary society. The plot is not unfamiliar as we know many stories which are similar to the betrayal that Medea went through. Recognizing the theme of betrayal and being able to relate to the plot are probably few of the reasons why I enjoyed reading this particular play. I thought Medea’s role shows the power that exists within a female. Even though, her acts towards betrayal cannot be regarded as a heroic act and considered normal towards the act of betrayal. Medea went to the extreme point that she even killed the loved ones who were not responsible for the betrayal and her children had to die. Her feminism, however, exists within the emotion that a woman goes through after being betrayed by their loved ones. This play shows that the pain of betrayal shatters the heart of the one being betrayed to the point that they cannot find hopes in finding love again. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I think this play has been a good motive to appreciate the love that we have and cherish the moment while it exists!
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I agree with you that the role of Medea is one that is played out in many stories today. I think it is an interesting way to look at this play through a feminist viewpoint. Medea's betrayal was cruel and wicked, but in a strange way it is interesting to see her character transform from desperation and despair to crazed and frantic.
I agree with the point that her decision to act out against Jason, even though it is through murder, shows that women do have power. It is depressing and a bleak picture of society. I like Tanjina's optimism at the end of the post but must admit that in reading the play I had the opposite reaction and felt that in many ways the story betrayal, given to us in Medea, often plays itself out in contemporary society
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