Comparison of Medea and Clytemnestra, Euripides's Medea and Aeschylus's Agamemnon
Date Submitted: 07/30/2004 15:14:41
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 4 pages (1140 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 4 pages (1140 words)
Tragic heroes from Greek tragedies almost always share similar characteristics. Medea from Euripides's play Medea and Clytemnestra from Aeschylus's play Agamemnon display and share tragic traits. They are both vengeful wives who share similarities in the cause of their vengeance but have some differences in their chosen means of revenge; as a result of successfully exacting their revenge both Clytemnestra and Medea cause their own downfall.
Both Medea and Clytemnestra seek to hurt their husbands …
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…as much as the wrong woman to mess with. The reason why we can forgive Clytemnestra but not Medea is based in the innocence or guilt of their victims. Medea has killed her brother; she kills her husband's new bride; and later she kills her children. One cannot sympathize with these acts; they are all out of proportion to Medea's reasons for doing them; and they clearly show Medea to be out of her mind.
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