This essay analyses the Greek play, "Medea", as a way to understand larger social contexts of inequality and unjust suffering. While the play seems to appeal to a balanced relation between humans and the gods, Euripides is actually criticizing an imbalance of power. It is a tragedy because neither Medea nor Jason can achieve happiness so long as the powers of gods and the desires of humans divide them. 3 pgs. No bibliography provided.
