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A 7 page overview of the female characters in the ancient work of literature by Euripides and the more modern work by Jean Rhys. The author contends that in each of these works the presentation of female characters runs counter to the audience's expectations. Literary conventions and audience expectations, values, and assumptions are challenged. No additional sources are listed.
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Fictional literature presents women in a number of different lights. Sometimes, however, that presentation runs counter to the audiences
expectations. Literary conventions and audience expectations, values, and assumptions are challenged. While perhaps more prevalent in modern literature, this phenomena can be found in the classic literature as
well. This is not a modern phenomena by any means! Modern and ancient authors alike like to maintain the possibility of surprise in their literary productions. No
better example of the perennial nature of this tactic can be made than through a comparison of the work of the modern author Jean Rhys and the ancient author Euripides,
more specifically a comparison of Rhys "Wide Sargasso Sea" and Euripides "Medea". In "Medea" Euripides chose to directly attack ancient Greeces view of
women as domestic beings who wished for nothing more than to care for her husband and children, as beings who were totally dependent on males for their natural sustenance and
even their material well-being. Medea first emerges from Euripides pen as a woman whose outward appearance would appear to indicate that she has given up. She is dejected
and withdrawn, lying on her bed despondent and weeping. This depiction highlights Medeas femininity. Medea is crying not just because she has been abandoned by her husband Jason,
however, she is crying for the life that she gave up when she committed to that husband. She grieves for her father and the long-abandoned land from her childhood.
Despite the apparent despondency and emotional turmoil, however, Medea has far from given up. Indeed, even her nurse servant worries that she may resort to violence, bemoaning the
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