Tragedy Themes/Ideas

Medea
1. Women, femininity & the position of women
  1. Masculine vs feminine qualities
    1. Medea can speak in rhetorics, and only men should be able to do that
2. Revenge
3. Greatness & pride
4. Betrayal
5. Exile
6. The "Other"
7. Love
  1. Free will vs. fate
8. Cleverness
9. Manipulation
10. Right vs Wrong
11. Accusations and oath breaking
  1. Connected to Themis
    1. Behaviour regulated by sanctions
    2. Verbal contracts
12. The family breakdown
  1. The household safe
  2. Family honour
  3. Heritage
  4. Murdering own family members is horrific
Ajax
1. Pride and conceit
2. Intelligence more important than brute force
3. Anger and hatred
4. Effects of war
5. Limits of loyalty
6. Personal honour vs group honour
7. Models of masculinity
8. Relation to Dionysos
9. Role of Tecmessa
10. Ajax's sanity
11. Friends vs enemies
Trojan Women
1. Effects of war (women, children, innocents)
2. Importance of male bloodline
3. Fatal heritage
4. Burial rites
5. Role of women
6. Role of gods
7. Man responsible for his own actions
8. Honour and dignity
9. The horrors of war
10. Dread
11. Hope
12. Revenge
Agamemnon
1. Naturalistic symbolism
2. Womanliness & manliness
  1. Male vs female
3. Character foiling and doubling
4. Fire & sunrise (divine and mortal)
5. Women as "promiscuous"
6. Premature death
7. Ambition and daring
8. Divine vs human justice
  1. Justice vs Revenge
9. Beast symbolism
10. Corruption & purity (healing)
11. Light v. Dark
12. Freedom vs Slavery
13. Man must suffer to be wise
14. Free will vs Fate/Necessity

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