Madea Possibly the Litarary Worlds First Feminist

Medea: Possibly the Literary Worlds First Feminist Ancient Greece was an extremely misogynistic culture, and believed that women were a lesser breed. Because of these beliefs women were portrayed as weak, irrational, and vain creatures, and men bore the responsibility of taking care of them. Euripides created Medea, a women who is betrayed by her husband, and exiled by the king. It is only after King Kreon exiles Medea, and her children that she gets …

…sorrow as him, and so therefore he is no better than her. Ancient Greece believed that masculinity was more powerful than it’s feminine counter-part. Madea proves their assumptions wrong, and by doing so she created equality between her and Jason. By doing this Euripides wanted to shock his audience and make them question their belief in the superiority of Greek masculinity. Madea used these beliefs against these “men” and made them look like fools.