MEDEA

Medea was a great story to read and really showed the wrath of a woman when what belongs to her is taken away especially something as important as a husband. Medea is full of rage after Jason decides to marry another woman but she lets the rage take over her. Even though she thinks and devises her plan before carrying them out she doesnt weigh the consequences of things before doing them. Like "is it worth killing my brother to marry a man?" Or "is it worth killing my children to hurt my husband?" She is very hardhearted and would do anything to get revenge. She can be seen as similar to Achilles in her rage and wrath but similar to clytemnestra in her pursuit of revenge.

Jenelle Fiori; Othello Act 1

The plot of Othello begins in Act 1, when Iago finds out that he did not get to be lieutenant. Instead Othello has gained the position. So, he tells Barbantio that Othello and Desdemona, Barbantio’s daughter, are sleeping together. When the Duke arrives, they all find out that their Turkish enemies are going to the nearby island so they must attack, with Othello in the lead. To this, Barbantio tells the Duke of Venice about what he has heard, to which Othello says that he and Desdemona are married. What is interesting about this argument is the fact that Othello is clearly an outsider to Venice. He is called the “black ram” who corrupts and woos the “white ewe” with the magic of his words and other sorcery. Another thing that is interesting to note is the fact that both Othello and Desdemona claim that before either had met, they both felt violent with anger, which foreshadows the events to come. I have read Othello in high school and found it interesting to see how Shakespeare compares two different places and people by using the objects around them and their actions. I really enjoy this play because of this, though I love all of Shakepeare's work.

Medea

I really liked reading Medea. it was different from the other Greek tragedies because it had a feminist point of view which was interesting. It has a female chorus which was a new concept, and Medea was a strong character who had been betrayed. It is interesting comparing her and Clytemnestra because Clytemnestra kills her husband because of the death of her child, but Medea kills of her children because of her passion turned to hatred for Jason. Medea puts her husband above her children, even her revenge against him, while Clytemnestra is only concerned with avenging her child, even though her husband is considered a Hero and did nothing directly to her.

Jenelle Fiori; Frogs

The plot of Frogs is about a man, named Dionysus, who wants to bring the poet Euripides back from the dead. When he arrived in Hades, he finds out that there is a contest to see who the greatest poet was in their life. The contesters include Euripides and Aeschylus. They argue by weighing their poetries and tragedies based on the lines they wrote, resulting as Aeschylus winning and Dionysus taking him back to Earth with him. This comedic satire was difficult to understand in that I was questioning why such esteemed poets would bicker as though they were immature children. In this, I wonder if the author, Aristophanes, wrote the play to make fun of the old ways of poetry and how it should be analyzed. In any sense, however, it was an interesting look at the lives of poets and their writings through a different point of view.

Medea

Euripides Medea tells a story of the supposed granddaughter of the Sun. This woman, Medea, helps Jason (who was in pursuit of the Golden Fleece) to complete tasks set forth by her own father Aeetes. While helping Jason, she actually ends up betraying her father and killing her brother. Medea and Jason end up fleeing from Colchis, Medea’s homeland. The play takes place in Corinth, the place they ended up after running away. Throughout the play she is portrayed as a cunning and determined woman who sought nothing but revenge against her husband, who betrayed her with another woman; a revenge so desired, she would hurt her own children to see it through.

Lillian Lai - Oedipus Rex

After reading Oedipus Rex, it can be inferred that fate is inescapable. In the story, it starts out with the oracle foreseeing that Oedipus will kill his own father and then marry his own mother. Oedipus’ father becomes extremely worried so he sent away Oedipus on a mountaintop as an alternative of him killing his own son himself. The reason for this is because killing your own family members will angry the Gods as seen in Orestes with the Furies. This illustrates the Greek culture and how it is immoral to kill your own family members and the consequences of doing so. Unexpectedly, Oedipus survives and ends up playing out this cruel fate as he kills his own father without knowing it and then gradually, marries his own mother. The play shows how no one can change their fates no matter how hard they try. It also illustrates the importance of oracles as they are the messengers of telling this cruel fate.

Oedipus Rex, Ralph Monfort

One of the famous Greek tragedy, that focuses on the idea that man can't escape their destiny. A premonition was made that Oedipus would kill his father. So, the king (father) abandon his son. He eventually grows up and return to seek the truth of his abandonment. However, just like it was prophecies he ends up killing the king and marrying the queen. The sad part about it is that the king was his father and the queen is his mother. Sadly, the mother eventually kills herself and Oedipus blinds himself.