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Essay about how woman are portrayed from lines 1 to 356 In this essay, I will explore the ways in which women are portrayed in the play "The Medea" written by Euripides. The opening scene starts with a soliloquy with the Nurse by telling the audience of the things happening at present, we can see from the context of her soliloquy that she pities Medea and sympathizes with her and calling her "poor creature," but also fearing her because of what she is capable of. She condemns Jason for her betrayal to Medea by marrying another woman, the Nurse is querying why Medea fell in love with Jason and helped Jason in everyway. She is given a role slightly unusual for a woman. From the details and her use of language, we can see that she is educated and looks at the bigger picture and carefully analyses them, like men do....

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