Medea And The Mercy Seat: A Comparative Analysis

The great awakening and the enlightenment are similar in many ways but different in others. One way they are both similar is that they both defy traditional authority. Another way is that it taught them to seek truths for themselves. This shaped their beliefs. However they still had many differences.

The external conflict is seen in the situation that arose between Sir Percy and his wife Lady Marguerite, which was caused by lack of communication and trust, and was intensified by each of their prides. Internal conflict is exhibited through Lady Marguerite’s conflict about whether she should save her brother or the allusive hero known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, which ends up saving her marriage. At the end of the novel we learn that Lady Marguerite, Sir Percy, Armand, and the fugitives that the Scarlet Pimpernel had gone to save, all make it to England safely. While the book’s ending is not entirely clear, it is a relatively happy one. Although they never resort to violence, the way Sir Percy and Lady Marguerite handled their conflict is not exactly considered peaceful. Hence, even according to Ronald Reagan, conflict exists in Baroness Orczy’s

Through the predominant influences of certain characters, inconsistency of decision making, and secretiveness amongst the characters, these events quickly lead to the grievous incident of the play. All the way from past hatred and persuasive friends, to emotionally driven decisions such as Romeo’s desire to be married and his vengeance, the play concluded with potions that provoked counter outcomes. Romeo and Juliet displayed the risks they were willing to take in the name of love, but in the end, poor choices took responsibility for the continuous occurrences that lead to dreadful ends; however, opposed to the idea of fate, or a stronger force guiding the character’s actions. With this, the play closed with the poisonous idea of the love that Romeo and Juliet shared, including all that they would sacrifice to have a chance at a life

However, 8.5 would actually be beneficial to the audience’s understanding of the theme of how one’s greed can lead to their downfall due to the repetition of the theme portrayed in Malcolm’s downfall. Having two examples of the theme establishes the idea of how disastrous greed can be. The revelation of Lady Macbeth’s infidelity (5.8.5.29-30) furthered this idea as it indicated how Macbeth had lost his status and loyalty due to his savage lust for power. By incorporating Act 5 Scene 8.5 into Macbeth, significant details contributing to character development and the plot would be included, strengthening the play’s overall theme. Macbeth’s storyline would be furthered through the fulfillment of Banquo's prophecy, and the addition of this act continues seamlessly as it remains consistent with the original theme.

The reaction of other character illustrates his aura of delusion and immaturity in which they have clocked themselves all along. At the last part of the book, Ruth became a stronger character and we begin to care about what happens to her. She keeps a strict watch on the lovers. She also tries to tempt Jerry from her treatment and love to him. Though she show him that she is ready to leave him but in reality she is not willing to destroy her marriage.

Foreshadowing takes a large role in Shakespeare’s works, it being a way for the audience to take part in the telling of the story. They are able to use the information given to them through jokes or monologues. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare foreshadows the deaths of nearly every main character in the play. Firstly, Benvolio advising Romeo “Take thou some new infection to thy eye and the rank poison of the old will die” (1.2.49-50). Benvolio speaks of how Romeo will find a new love and his love for Rosaline will die.

Macbeth confidence grows and it is becoming easier and easier to kill. Banquo through the manipulation of the Three Witches is seen as a threat so Macbeth decides the only option he has is the hire murderers to do his dirty work. At the start of the play Macbeth would have been discussing this with his wife but now the roles have almost switched for he tells her to “Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck”. He has become a general and tells his wife what to do…”Let your remembrance apply to Banquo”. During this conversation he restates a quote she told him at the start of the play, “Make our faces vizards to our hearts” this quote played a big part because it really emphasized how different things have

The real insanity started to develop after Claudius’s reaction to the play. Hamlet saw the proof of ghost’s words and it was another crack-down on his psyche. Actions in the 4th scene shows the prince started to lose the control on his actions. He killed Polonius without any regrets and continued to explain the situation with king’s death to his mother. At the end of the Act 3 Hamlet still understand everything clearly.

Exile in Medea is an impending threat, Medea is reminding us of the circumstances of exile throughout the play. For Medea exile is more than just a physical circumstance, it is also an emotional and spiritual state, the nurse quotes “There is no home. It’s over and done with” also along side Medea’s quote “Oh, my father! Oh, my country! In what dishonour I left you”, this shows us that Medea is lucky that exile is her punishment when it could be a painful death.

he repeats guilty in order to not only emphasise the idea but also to himself. Bento envisions his life fitting exactly into the play, Jose Dias is Iago, Capitu is Desdemona and he is Othello. Modifying his life to fit the play shows to what extent his imagination runs his life, he is so engulfed in mirroring his life that he even went as far as to add the detail that Desdemona, Capitu is not innocent and therefore needs to die. Machado tries to make the connection between the handkerchief and Capitu’s eyes as they both serve as the device to reveal the theme of infidelity; “a handkerchief was enough to kindle the jealousy of Othello.” Capitu’s “undertow” eyes where the reason as to why Bento became increasingly jealous.

Ethan Frome, who has to face multiple conflicts throughout the book with his nonstop dream to be an engineer which is crushed due to the illness of, Zeena, his cousin, but who also happens to be his wife. Also a love begins to grow mid way through the book between a girl named Mattie and Ethan, even though he is still married to Zeena which ultimately leads to the distance between their love. In the book Ethan Frome, the feeling of isolation in Ethan and Zeena becomes more prominent, while anger grows between Ethan and Mattie from having denying their love, which contributes to the many mistakes and downfalls Ethan has to face throughout the book.

Modern Day Medea When reading the play Medea one might not think of Stephen King’s novel Carrie. There are however, many similarities between the two stories and the two main characters. Both characters were wronged and humiliated by people close to them. Both characters were also willing to use their supernatural abilities to take revenge on those who had wronged them.

This is an ironic statement as Medea is actually planning to kill her children, a fact which the audience does not yet know about. Jason uses another form of rhetorical stretching, which includes his plea that leaving his wife and children was a ‘wise move’, and that the decision was made with Medea’s best interests at heart, as much an attempt to convince himself as much as the audience. The chorus is quick to point out that ‘You have betrayed your wife and are acting badly.’ The Nurse is our first instance of anagnorisis during the play. Though an ancient Greek audience would well be in tune with the stories in Greek mythology, the Nurse’s role would still have proved important, as she was a tool Euripides used to transport the audience

Upon first reading this play, emotions of anger, disappointment, and relief swirled to the surface. The fact that Medea was to escape without any consequences angered me so much, but as I thought about it more, my emotions began to shift. It wasn’t as if Medea murdering her children was something she wanted to do. She had to have gone through so much to push her to that point. How can I better justify her actions and relate it to a 21st century audience?

Medea portrays the consequence of a rebellious being’s response to a hostile society through vengeance, passion, and deceitfulness. It also gives the reader a unique perspective on the roles of women that were considered taboo, and still are, at least in the western culture. At the beginning of her relationship with Jason, Medea was strengthen by love to do the unimaginable. Her clever and crafty style were her frequent methods of overcoming obstacles and getting what she wanted. She tricked the daughters of Pelias to boil him alive when he refused to give Jason the throne.