Euripides

In Euripides¡¯ ¡°Medea,¡± Jason and Medea have very contradicting views on each other¡¯s incentives of the actions that they took. For Jason, the motivation for his new marriage is to bring happiness, wealth and prestige to his family. However, Medea views herself as the victim of the new marriage and she does not understand why she has to sacrifice her own happiness for the happiness of the other members of the family. This tension …

…the end of the play. Euripides portrays the most extreme sides of men and women in ¡°Medea.¡± I think that this play is very effective on pointing out the major differences between men and women. It portrays different points of view men and women may have on the same subject and the different ways of reasoning and justifying their actions. This play also portrays how men and women may have different emotional and psychological states.