Medea Women Empowerment Analysis

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The Lack of Empowerment in Women
Is it acceptable for anyone to underestimate women and assume the feelings and attitude women feel in order to display them as weak? In the play Medea, The author Euripides does exactly that. All women are different and have contrasting emotions. They also act in different ways. Medea, for example, is very emotional and has trouble controlling her anger. She, along with the chorus of women, are underestimated and made to look worthless. Also with the emotions Medea portrays, she appears out of control. Meanwhile, the chorus seems to be afraid and helpless when it comes to important situations. It is not right to assume all women are incapable of controlling their emotions and providing help when it is needed. …show more content…

Those who are against the idea that women are not empowered in Medea might say that because Medea pulls through as a “hero” at the end of the play, she is empowered. However, this point of view is incorrect because those who agree with it are not establishing the fact the Euripides uses anti-feminism against Medea. He does this to depict Men as being a higher rank than women. Medea describes women as “‘Of all things which are living and can form a judgment/ We women are the most unfortunate creatures’” (Euripides 8). Euripides uses Medea to express his opinions. He agrees with the statement that women are unfortunate, and for this time period, it was common for women to feel this way due to their lack of rights. There are only two living things that can form a judgment, and those would include men and women. Women are assumed to be the weaker of the two and do not get to express their opinions. Therefore, women of that era, are victims of anti-feminism. Another example is before medea is to be exiled, she says to the chorus “‘For in other ways a woman/ Is full of fear, defenseless, dreads the sight of cold/ Steel; but, when once she is wronged in the matter of love,/ No other soul can hold so many thoughts of blood’” (Euripides 9). It is clear that Euripides describes women as being full of fear, which applies to the chorus, and defenseless which applies

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