Monday, May 18, 2020
An Analysis Of Medea And Revenge And Mythopoiesis On...
Therefore, that is the motive upon her acts of killing the bride, king and her own children. In contrary, Hopmanââ¬â¢ ââ¬Å"Revenge and Mythopoiesis in Euripidesââ¬â¢ ââ¬Å"Medea,â⬠â⬠explores that Medea exhibits revenge to find some form of contentment to the ache she feels deep inside. Medea will not allow to be laughed at by everyone. She wants vengeance for Jasonââ¬â¢s parting. ââ¬Å"By killing the princess, Medea does not only annihilate Jasonââ¬â¢s hopes to build a new family tied to the royal house, she also stages a revised version of her own wedding that emphasizes her autonomy as the giver and enacts the consequences that, according to her, result from Jasonââ¬â¢s remarriageâ⬠(165). Her payback includes the princessââ¬â¢s entanglement in a poisonous robe and also Creon dying from touching her daughter while trying to save her. These two deaths are a way of obtaining justice by offending Jason in the deepest way. Hoffman argues that she was not going to let Jason dishonor their marriage and get away with it. She refused to let him live a life of his own. In Savageââ¬â¢ ââ¬Å"The ââ¬Å"Wrathâ⬠Theme in Ovid Metamorphoses,â⬠â⬠proclaims that anger as referred to as vengeance is the theme of the story. ââ¬Å"The theme of the wrath starts immediatelyâ⬠(246). This implicates that Juno is feeling so much rage that she stresses to retaliate for her husbandââ¬â¢s mistress pregnancy. Savage not only sayââ¬â¢s there is revenge in The Wrath of Juno, but in all of Metamorphoses stories, including The Judgement of Tiresias and the death of
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