Examples Of Male Dominance In Medea

The Rise Start of Female Dominance

For many centuries in our history, the perception of women being wicked has been normalized whenever they hold a certain power that challenges male dominance. Unlike many male writers who portray the female characters as subordinate to their husbands, powerless, and need to rely on males, Euripides instead highlights the ambitions and cleverness in the female sex. Throughout the play, Medea is portrayed as a highly clever woman but is also evil, dangerous, savage and powerful. Meanwhile, Jason the male character is portrayed to be an ungrateful man while containing an arrogant and hubris behavior. Male dominance is prevalent not only in ancient Greece but is still prevalent in modern society. As Euripides

While Medea plans her revenge, Jason and her come to an argument over their failed marriage. As Medea expressed her feelings and raged against Jason, he remained in the position of him being in the right and not feeling any guilt against the situation his actions had put Medea into. We see here how the male dominance for many centuries has led to males feeling to have the upper hand of always believing they are right no matter what. Their arrogant behavior proves just how much they view women as inferior. Luckily, Medea is independent enough to have rational thoughts on what Jason claims. She refutes him on all the things she had sacrificed all for his needs and benefit. As Jason claims that marrying the Princess of Corinth is all for the future of their children, he presents himself as a selfish individual who seeks nothing but power and royalty despite the help he has received from his wife. Right here we can clearly see that the male sex lack the sympathy female sex has. They only conduct actions that benefit themselves and neglect the individuals who fought for and with them. Connecting this to modern society, we can see a lot of similarities of how the gender roles are presented. The male sex has always been portraying themselves as superior, and they believe female sex should not have the same power and status as them. We see this a lot in many careers today where males

As a mother and a woman, Medea is seen to be in conflict with herself as she debates over whether or not to murder her children. She wants to murder her children to punish Jaosn and see him in pain after putting her through all the misery. However, as a mother who gave birth to those two children, she cannot bear the guilt of killing them. We see how Medea presents both the limitations of the female sex and how their rage can drive them to conduct unethical actions. As the mother of the children she is vulnerable near them. She can’t stand the innocent looks on their faces and begging their mother for mercy. On the other hand she seeks for revenge and must murder her children to stab the person who has driven her to her actions. This is a negative example of women’s plight. As Medea murders her children, she presents the side of females being capable of evil acts such as hurting their own childrens. Her actions were understandable yet