Last Medea Post

Medea’s Confliction This is the first time Medea is shown being conflicted, rather than her trying to be cunning or manipulative. For once she demonstrates the ability to reason with herself and the emotional pain she feels. But through classical greek argument, she forces herself to kill her children because she thinks if she doesn’t […]

Stasimon 2

Examine Medea’s behavior with Creon: what strategies does she use to manipulate him? She attempts to resonate with Creon, she pretends to use her care for her children, so Creon feels some level of sympathy towards her and gives her an extra day before she has to leave. She also begs him to have some […]

PARADOS-The Chorus

Nurse – Provides Backstory Tutor- Acts as somewhat of a consultant Children – Hated by their mother The chorus helps exemplify, the emotional state of Medea. It highlights the strong and constant connection to Greek mythology and how God will help her, on occasion, it also attempts to relate with her. This is shown when […]

The Politics Of Naming

At the start of, The Handmaid’s Tale, the protagonist of the story is introduced with the name of “Offred”, later on, the reader is introduced to how handmaids are named which is “of” followed by their commander’s name. What this naming paradigm makes apparent is the clear oppression and objectification of women, as it reduces […]

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Rightist Headline The hypocrisy of Democrats, Joe Biden Assaulted Women! Leftist Headline: Joe Biden Denies Assault Allegations: “They Never Happened” Centrist Headline: Joe Biden has been accused of sexual harassment. To do this I looked up different newspapers with varying political views, I attempted to embody how different political views would affect reporting on an […]