MÃ©dÃ©eâs Revenge: Magic and Rhetoric in the French MÃ©dÃ©e Tragedies of the 16th and 17th Centuries

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Taking a close look at Jean de la PÃ©ruseâs tragedy âLa MÃ©dÃ©eâ (1553), Pierre Corneilleâs âMÃ©dÃ©eâ (1639) and Baron de Longepierreâs âMÃ©dÃ©eâ (1694), the readers and spectators find themselves faced with a woman who is led by the burning desire to avenge herself on her selfish husband Jason, his new wife CrÃ©use and King CrÃ©on, who is characterized as a coward rather than a king. Firstly, we will show to what extent MÃ©dÃ©eâs anger is even justified in the three tragedies. Although revenge is considered a destructive passion, MÃ©dÃ©e is not the murderous and guilty woman in the first place, but rather a victim forced to take revenge by Jason, who abandoned her because he had thirst for power. The unscrupulous King Creon seeks to banish her in order to preserve Jasonâs honour, which however, he has already lost. Focusing on the characterization of Jason and King CrÃ©on, this chapter will illuminate strategies of justifying MÃ©dÃ©eâs anger, who nonetheless, does not completely achieve her aim. After the death of her rivals she is further abandoned with no place where she is welcome. Secondly, this chapter discusses how exactly MÃ©dÃ©eâs plans of revenge are realised by analysing specific rhetorical patterns that create magical effects. By evoking gods and cursing her victims she gets into contact with mythical monsters of the Underworld whose powers she concentrates through specific speech acts to abuse these for her cruel revenge. Thus, MÃ©dÃ©e makes use of a specific language that is worth analysing because it enables her to cause a terrifying scenario of fire and agony in which she tortures King CrÃ©on and CrÃ©use to death.

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Emotions and Actions of Revenge

ISBN:: 9781848883628

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Print-Publikationsdatum:: 01 Jan 2014

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