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IN WHAT WAYS DOES EURIPIDES EXPLORE ISSUES OF RACE, GENDER AND CLASS
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Tosin Abdullai IN WHAT WAYS DOES EURIPIDES EXPLORE ISSUES OF RACE, GENDER AND CLASS.? * What do you think Euripides' views are on this issue * Would an Athenian audience agree with him? Euripides explores these fields mainly by putting forward the character of Medea. In other words, the treatment of her character in the play mainly by the other members of the society which she finds herself defines the listed issues above - race, gender and class. Euripides presents the theme of race mainly through the character of Medea. On our first acquaintance, Medea particularly points out the fact that she is a "foreign woman coming among new laws". This makes evident where she stands in the society, as foreigners are regarded as inferior to the real Greeks. By this, Euripides presents a form of racism eminent in the life of the ancient Greeks. Also, Medea's race was believed to be...
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