Reviews tagging 'Death'

Medea by Rex Warner, Euripides

17 reviews

neleusb's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

pivotal play in my brain (maybe my fourth read but i think i reread it a shitton while working on a monologue from it years back idk). my notes this time around included: i support women’s rights and women’s wrongs, fuck you jason, “i just feel like women” (ala jo in gerwig’s little women)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

everybodyloveschocolate's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS DRAMA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

phoebees's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Murder

erin2802's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I love Medea, her character is so interesting! Euripides is an awesome playwright and its amazing how his stories have lasted all this time and are still enjoyed today!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, and Murder

charliew_23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mckay1a's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Mental illness

crows_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

nilsnoether73's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Una de les primeres obres tràgiques de la literatura europea i universal.

La traducció m'ha sorprès gratament. La prosa és molt eloqüent i no pots evitar de posar-te en la pell de tots els personatges que apareixen a l'obra. Costa de creure que es va escriure per primer cop fa més de 2000 anys, els sentiments de gelosia, ràbia i tristesa no han canviat gens ni mica. La misogínia és tant descarada que es llegeix satíricament, tot i que diria que es va plantejar com a fet evident i seriós que les dones són histèriques i descontrolades per naturalesa.

El seu punt feble és que és bastant superficial. Només explora la superfície de la traïció i el dilema de Medea, trobo que hagués pogut expandir sobre la seva història i els pensaments. La núvia, el sogre i els fills tenen personalitats bastant planes, no sabem qui són i per tant, la seva pèrdua no ens afecta personalment, només en relació a Medea i Jàson, a qui sí que coneixem més.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Classism

writerkit's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

scarlettoliver's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity and Violence

Minor: Sexism and Xenophobia