Evaluation of Euripides Essay - 942 Words

Evaluation of Euripides Euripides has met the conventions of Attic Tragedy up to a particular extent. Although he was often criticised for his work, he followed the structure and cycles of the traditional tragedy. However, his stance on the themes and ideas set him apart from the other writers. It is unreasonable to compare Euripides with the traditional writers of Attic tragedy without understanding his attitude and the reason for this attitude. Although he was only fifteen years older than Sophocles, he belonged to a whole different generation. Between them lay the chasm of the Sophists moment. The Sophists were†¦show more content†¦Attic tragedian plays traditionally follow a predetermined structure and cycle. This convention was used to characterise the play. In Euripides Medea, we see this tradition upheld. Essentially, the play was split into five cycles, consisting of the Olbos, Hubris, Pythos, Atà © and Nemesis. In Medea, the ideas run parallel with these cycle and conventions are maintained. However, in the Pythos cycle, rather than focusing on the gods divine envy, he focuses on an all too human aspect - jealousy. Medea is overcome with jealousy after Jason takes another woman as his wife. Once again, Euripides has abandoned the conventional ideas and replaced it with his own thoughts. On the other hand, Euripides maintains the structure of the play in traditional convention, and his play follows closely with the Prologos, Parados, Episodia, Stasima and Exodus. But, to analyse the play, we must look closely at what conventions Euripides has used, as well as how he has used them. The Chorus was an essential part of every play. As such Euripides has used a chorus in his play to represent the Corinthian women. However, in other tragedies, the chorus played a much mor, detached role. They were important as narrators of commentators to what was actually occurring. 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