Mental Impact of Infidelity rough draft

Mental Impact of Infidelity 

A woman discarded by her husband for another more adolescent woman and a more ‘suitable’ match not only happens in movies and telenovelas. Infidelity by the husband is not an unusual occurrence in today's society nor in the amid the material of Greek myths. The tragic play Medea addresses infidelity in a short-lived marriage through an emotional turmoil of heartbreak and mixed feelings that she receives from the abandonment of her husband. Jason had foreseen a more valuable opportunity for him to advance in life. Ultimately, believing he would become king. A thoughtless act made by Jason and a majority of others who decide infidelity is the sole way to happiness and ultimate success. A devoted wife and innocent children are left behind to defend themselves against the harsh judgment of the trauma they are currently enduring. An unfaithful person additionally became an arrogant individual. With breaking trust with his wife Medea she had been encountered with the brokenness, betrayal, and pain forsaking her in an unstable mindset of possible suicidal thoughts. Through all the emotional pain, she had also turned her heart cold towards her dependent children as well as affecting essentially everyone who was around her. Medea is by far the best literacy work for contemporary readers that I would recommend. The relevance/importance of the literary work Medea is due to the connections that can be made to modern day with gender role stereotypes, divorce, and the toll it takes in human mindset. Medea is a literary work that deals with modern-day tragedies Readers should put Euripides Medea at the top of their lists because of the Modern day relevance of the psychological toll it takes an on a person who has undergone infidelity. 

In the literary work Medea, Euripides lived vicariously during the Golden Age of Athens. Euripides' typically composes older contemporaries playwrights undoubtedly created the dramatic tradition that would be amplified significantly. Euripides' standing as the most tragic of prominent poets, a dramatic innovator admired by other philosophers. Defenses of oppressed groups of women and slaves enter heartily his historical plays as well shedding light on the gender stereotypes women face till this day. Gender role within the play embodies stereotypes between a man who is unfaithful and women, a woman always being devoted to him and her family. “I am at enmity with friends at home, and I’ve made enemies of those I should not have done evil too—just to do you a favor. And in return, how blessed you’ve made me among Greek women”(line 506 - 510). A woman typically sacrifices for their man going reluctantly against her family. Men completely disregard all women did for their significant other and simply only cares about himself and his own well being. When Medea was talking to the people in Corinth, she presents a bold statement of how women are still being treated till this day and the injustices of it. “First we must buy ourselves a husband, at great cost, and thus acquire a master over our own bodies—a second evil still more grievous than the first”(line 40 - 41). She forcibly expresses wicked men still having control over women. Man is still superior over a woman. If a personal dilemma is solemnly presented in the relationship, a woman is faced with harsh criticism from others as opposed to a man. She has no other choice to accept what comes her way. “The greatest ordeal here is whether we will get a worthwhile or a bad one; for departure harms a woman’s reputation, and she can’t refuse a husband”(line 235-238). It also merely expresses that even if women do nothing wrong in the relationship but the man has foolishly left her women’s critical reputation has been severely tarnished. Being a woman in the play signifies that although we provide the best of the best for our significant other people is going to favor the man over the women.Thus, women must stay quiet and must settle for the new life they are given.

Works cited 

Euripides, and Ruby Blondell. Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides. Routledge, 1999.