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A 6 page essay in which the writer suppose what the play Medea would have been like if it had been written by Sophocles instead of Euripides. The writer bases these assumptions on Sophocles' thematic content in Antigone. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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from the experience of flesh-and-blood individuals, Euripides characters are surprisingly modern. Supposedly, Sophocles himself once commented that while he depicted men as they ought to be, Euripides depicted them
as they really are (Biography of Euripides, 2003). Therefore, it seems logical to suppose that had Sophocles, rather than Euripides, written the play Medea, it would have been very different
and presented a more stylized, but more moralistic slant on the Greek myth. This Sophoclean version of Medea should open with the same conflict as the version by Euripides.
Jason has abandoned his wife Medea, along with their two children. By marry Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth, Jason hopes to advance his social station in life.
In Sophocles play Antigone, he specified that the chorus was made of the elders of Thebes (2004). Likewise, it can be supposed that in his version of Medea, he might
have chosen to indicate that the chorus would represent the elders of the city of Corinth. In Antigone--and generally in the Oedipal cycle--Sophocles stresses the importance of Grecian values, such
as familial loyalty. The presence of the elders in the chorus substantiates this theme as they represent society in general. Considering Sophocles thematic stance in Antigone, it seems logical that
he would take a dim view of Jason abandoning his duty to his wife and children in favor of selfish gain. The chorus would be the first characters on
stage. They would offer the necessary exposition, explaining not only Jasons decision, but also giving the audience background on Medea and Jasons relationship. Therefore, the chorus would also stress
how Medea abandoned and betrayed her own father and family and in order to aid Jason. The fact that Medea "burned all her bridges" in eloping with Jason helps
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