Medea Plot Essay

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Plot of the Medea differs from the most of the Greek tragedies by its uncommonness. Throughout the play there are only two characters are involved in the scene. The main character is Medea and the second character is someone else. This appearance of Medea throughout the tragedy in all scenes represents her power and ability to manipulate male characters despite their position. Medea is also known as a first tragedy where the murderer is not punished and she is part of victim’s family. Cruelness was usual phenomenon in the Greek society, but cruelness of mother killing her own children just as a part of her revenge shocked the public of the Classical Greece period. Thus the tragedy of Euripides took the last part in competition. However, Medea