As Professor James Svendsen explicitly states in “A Study Guide for Euripides' Medea,” “The play presents us with a woman alienated and victimized in a world controlled by men” (Svendsen, James). In Greece, where male-dominance is the norm, others fear and shun Medea, a strong woman with magical abilities. Because she is a female in a patriarchal society, she is mistreated, and more so since she is a foreigner. In Euripides’s play, Medea complains to the local women of Corinth about how foreigners like her try to fit in. However, since she is a stranger to the Greek customs and has magical abilities, she can not conform to their ways (“Women's Life in Greece”). Despite her efforts to adjust to the Greek life, she fails because she is from a barbaric country. Her magical abilities only work for a while and then Jason leaves her. Not able to blend in with the Corinthians, she becomes understandably frustrated, which adds to the emotions the aforementioned betrayal brought. She did not choose to have any of these characteristics, but she is still discriminated against, causing her to feel lonely in an unwelcoming foreign
As Professor James Svendsen explicitly states in “A Study Guide for Euripides' Medea,” “The play presents us with a woman alienated and victimized in a world controlled by men” (Svendsen, James). In Greece, where male-dominance is the norm, others fear and shun Medea, a strong woman with magical abilities. Because she is a female in a patriarchal society, she is mistreated, and more so since she is a foreigner. In Euripides’s play, Medea complains to the local women of Corinth about how foreigners like her try to fit in. However, since she is a stranger to the Greek customs and has magical abilities, she can not conform to their ways (“Women's Life in Greece”). Despite her efforts to adjust to the Greek life, she fails because she is from a barbaric country. Her magical abilities only work for a while and then Jason leaves her. Not able to blend in with the Corinthians, she becomes understandably frustrated, which adds to the emotions the aforementioned betrayal brought. She did not choose to have any of these characteristics, but she is still discriminated against, causing her to feel lonely in an unwelcoming foreign