Greek Human Nature
All human beings suffer; it is the integral part of their life and their consciousness. A human being consists of a broad variety of features, desires, and thoughts that are often opposite to each other in their essence and cause a lot of contradictions. To understand the essence of a human being, it is necessary to observe a lot, and it is possible also to read the works of authors who had genuinely deep insight into the mysteries of human nature such as Euripides’s Medea, Trojan women, Homer iliad, and greek tragedies 3 by david grene and Richmond lattimore. Even the authors of Ancient Greece realized how complicated a man is, and in the Greek plays it is possible to find the image of a real man that is demonstrated in its true colors in
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Furthermore, Medea throw her hate and suffering to her children who do not have any part of their father’s betrayal as she says to them.The readers of the plays are provided with all the edges of human beings, for instance, being a human implies understanding the pain of the betrayal but being able to betray nevertheless. Euripides in his plays illustrated it both by male and female characters. In fact, it is necessary to pay attention to the way how ancient Greek authors were able to depict women accurately demonstrating the ambivalence of their nature in the play Medea by Euripides. The author could depict all the possible varieties of female behavior, and in some cases it might be difficult to understand and perceive the fact that women are genuinely able to act in a way that is shown in the play Medea, for instance. The common image of a woman is typically associated with weakness, tenderness, and unconditional maternal love, but all these …show more content…
There are two characters who suffered the most in Trojan women play from the fault of losing the war between Greek and Troy which are Hecuba as she says and Hector’s wife, because both of them suffered from the lost of their husbands and children. The Greek army decided to kill Andromache’s son because he is son of a heroic father as Andromache says. It is evident that Hecuba and Andromache are blaming their husband and children for their suffering and
Furthermore, Medea throw her hate and suffering to her children who do not have any part of their father’s betrayal as she says to them.The readers of the plays are provided with all the edges of human beings, for instance, being a human implies understanding the pain of the betrayal but being able to betray nevertheless. Euripides in his plays illustrated it both by male and female characters. In fact, it is necessary to pay attention to the way how ancient Greek authors were able to depict women accurately demonstrating the ambivalence of their nature in the play Medea by Euripides. The author could depict all the possible varieties of female behavior, and in some cases it might be difficult to understand and perceive the fact that women are genuinely able to act in a way that is shown in the play Medea, for instance. The common image of a woman is typically associated with weakness, tenderness, and unconditional maternal love, but all these …show more content…
There are two characters who suffered the most in Trojan women play from the fault of losing the war between Greek and Troy which are Hecuba as she says and Hector’s wife, because both of them suffered from the lost of their husbands and children. The Greek army decided to kill Andromache’s son because he is son of a heroic father as Andromache says. It is evident that Hecuba and Andromache are blaming their husband and children for their suffering and