The Human Nature of Medea

Euripides' contemporaries and classical scholars alike point out the non-Aristotelean elements in Medea, this might intimidate today's reader. Euripides, instead of following the guidelines established by Aristotle in his Poetics, has a stirring psychological truth of human nature. This is clear when we examine the monologues given by Medea during the play. Each speech develops the character and creates a certain audience empathy. Medea is not a tragedy of a good person with a flaw. …

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