About this title: This up-to-date edition makes Euripides' most famous and influential play accessible to students of Greek reading their first tragedy as well as to more advanced students. The introduction analyzes Medea as a revenge-plot, evaluates the strands of motivation that lead to her tragic insistence on killing her own children, and assesses the potential ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2008-09-23
ISBN-13:9781416592235ISBN:1416592237
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Edition: Softcover Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr, West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780521644792ISBN:0521644798
Description: New, Never Read, Rem. Small softcover, new, never read, rem. read more
Description: Like New. 2008-Hardcover-May contain minor shelf-wear. Otherwise, volume un-read and in "As-New" condition. -Used-Like New-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. 1966-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. 1416592237 Standard used condition ie. These are good quality new books from the publisher with a bump, shelf wear, or some sunfading to outer edges of book. Has remainder mark. read more
If you are into plays with a demented plot with grabbing details, you will definitely enjoy this play. The play Medea by the Greek author Euripides. The play is about a woman name Medea who is filled with revenge and anger because her husband, Jason, wants to leave her and marry the princess of Corinth, the town they live in. Medea is so angry that she wants to get back at Jason the worse way. What does she do? Kill the princess and even her own children just for revenge. Of course she has some resistance with the murders and it makes the story even crazier. Seems like some kind of psycho thriller movie right? And with all the details and characterize-ations it might as well be. I'm not a good fan of plays and possibly books, but with this play it keeps you coming back wondering what's. On a scale of 1 to 10, I will give this play a 7. The reason I give this play a 7 is because it has great aspects and characters, but once in a while you will catch yourself wondering, "Why he didn't do this in the first place?" or " This would of never happened if..." Medea and Jason also aren't the characters; you have Kings, a tutor, and a nurse that makes you feel like if you were in this play, you would have fit perfectly with that character. At first, I found this play too classic because I was used to thinking what will happen if this was in modern time. Students should read this play because even though it is a classic (which most people find boring) it is actually what you don't expect it to be. There are a lot of emotion and dialogue that makes you feel like your reading a newspaper article or an episode of Jerry Springer. If you like books with romance, twists and unique characters, this is the perfect play for you"
"I read this book for school and I'm at a loss of why it is considered a masterpiece. I understood that is might have been a big turning point in Greek Drama looking at the the emotions of Medea and women in general, but I felt that the story itself lacked. I guess maybe that is because it is part of a trilogy and this is only the second play. Although I don't recommend this book for someone who is looking for a good read, I definitely recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in Ancient Greeks and their culture."
"What is the saying? That Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned?
Euripedes's Medea is one furious woman. The play picks up a few years after Jason has stolen and brought to Greece the great Golden Fleece, a trophy he would never have won without help from Medea, who was struck so blind by her love for Jason that she forsook her father and even murdered her brother in order to protect Jason on his adventure.
So Jason brought home the Fleece, and with him came Medea. That was several years ago. Now Jason has married another woman, the daughter of King Kreon of Corinthia, and Medea and her and Jason's children have been banished in case they should complicate the lives of the newlyweds. Jason of course blames this banishment on Medea, insisting that if she weren't so obsessed with "pleasure in the bed" she would see that he was making a smart decision, that she would be proud of his moving up in the world, and that she would stop causing such a ruckus.
Medea certainly has reason to be angry, and the joy (is that the right word?) of this play is in watching her scheme to exact her revenge upon the people she feels responsible for her unhappiness. Euripedes writes for her some killer lines that skewer Jason and the overall male-female power dynamic that keeps even clever women like Medea subservient to oafish men. "I would very much rather stand / Three times in the front of battle than bear one child. / Yet what applies to me does not apply to you." Words such as these are startlingly progressive in play written some 2400 years ago.
I'd like to write a bit about the conclusion, which takes a bit of a supernatural twist and turns into something of a bloodbath a lá Sweeney Todd. But because I think you should read this play -- now! -- I'll hold back.
Why don't we teach Euripedes in high school? I should not be twenty-six years old and reading Medea for the first time."
"Jason and Medea... Now that's a match made in hell. After journeying with her husband for years and assisting him in his quests (sometimes in decidedly treacherous ways), Medea is betrayed by him when he decides to divorce her and marry a princess. The struggle that ensues is as compelling as it is horrifying. I found myself sympathizing with Medea's outrage, while at the same time knowing that her actions were reprehensible. The play raises interesting questions about women and men, family, social rank, and vengeance."
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