Is Medea A Classic Tragedy?
Submitted by taimur.bluerain on May 29, 2011
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Is Medea A Classic Tragedy?
Is MEDEA a classic tragedy?
By definition, tragedy can be illustrated as representations of serious actions which eventuate in a disastrous conclusion for the protagonist (the chief character). This definition leads to the answer whether Medea is a classic tragedy or not. Exploring all the characteristics of a tragedy, it leaves Medea as a classic tragedy beyond all doubts and the reasons behind this concluding theory will be discussed hereafter.
According to Aristotle, tragedy has its distinctive effects on the reader which he calls “the pleasure of pity and fear” and this is the point where it is distinguished from the other forms of fiction. Medea, the...
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