How Did Medea Bemoans The Condition Of Women

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Women during the time of the law Code of Hammurabi had few freedoms under the authority of a man. In the Code of Hammurabi, there is evidence of the standing or role of women in their society when compared to men. From the time period of the Mesopotamian people to a development of women in the Greek society there are changes to the freedoms of women due to the differences in culture and societal norms. Greek women evolved in their society to have more freedoms and access to the community, but they also experience set expectations of women. Set standards for each gender are detectable in Medea Bemoans the Conditions of Women, and Husband and Wife in Homer’s Troy.
In the Code of Hammurabi, there are a few laws protecting unique rights of women, while some also giving them fewer rights than that of a man. One example …show more content…

Greek women in most modern movies are shown walking around anywhere and with freedoms they really did not experience during that time period. In Euripides’ Medea Bemoans the Condition of Women, there is an accurate depiction of what women in Greek society experienced. Such as when Medea complains about how she has to manage her husband, listen to him and not look when he starts to look for a companion, while she can’t look at anyone but her husband (Craig, Graham, Donald, Ozment, and Turner 94). The life of women and men differed considerably during the time Greeks. These thoughts of Medea show the emotional turmoil that she went through with the double standard, especially with the punishment of adultery being bad for a woman but it was expected of men to look for other women. This idea is similar to the one in the Code of Hammurabi which applies a double standard for adultery. Although there is a visible distinction between the standards of women and men, there is a visible change in the amount freedom women experience in

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