In five pages this paper examines how the theme of empowerment is represented in these plays and within the characterizations of Ibsen's Nora and Euripides' Medea. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.
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Ibsens A Dolls House, the two female protagonists both find themselves the victims of circumstance that prove detrimental to their existence as human beings. Medea is deceived and abandoned
by her husband after she relinquishes her own lifes path in order to follow his, and Nora lives within an empty shell she calls a marriage with a man who
is ignorant of her emotional needs. These two characters experience a metamorphosis throughout their respective stories that ultimately encourages and empowers them to strive for what they believe.
I. MEDEA Upon writing your own paper, the student should consider that the primary indication of empowerment in Euripides Medea is when Medea
follows her husband Jason to his distant homeland, only to find that he has abandoned her in exchange for a kings daughter. This inconceivable act causes Medea to completely
lose sight of what is important in her life; as such, she seeks revenge upon Jason in the most hurtful manner she can possibly devise: she kills their two sons
(Euripides PG). What does this say about her love of family, or for that matter his? Both Jason and Medea can be rightfully accused of deserting the ones
they professed to love, with Medea most certainly taking the deed to great extremes. It is important for the student to understand that is most damning about Jasons desertion
is the fact that Medea compromised her own existence as a means by which to save his life and is reciprocated with abandonment. It is at this point in
the play that Medeas myopic quest for revenge overtakes any love of family she may have had for either Jason or her sons, inasmuch as she openly sacrifices all maternal