anchent greece #medea #character roles

Men if they were not training in military, or discussing politics went to the Theatre for entertainment to watch dramas that they could relate to, including tragedies and comedies.
These often involved current politics and gods in some form. It is thought that women were not allowed to watch theatre or perform at the theatre, so male actors played women roles.

Lives of Women in Ancient Greece were closely tied to domestic work, spinning, weaving and other domestic duties. They were not involved in public life or in politics. Their lives were normally quite confined to the house although one public duty was acting as a priestess at a temple.
This affected the way I played my part, as the children's tutor as I knew that I was meant to be the superior male and you can tell even by my first line "what do you think your doing out hear telling the world of your troubles, your just a piece of property" this shows straight away that males are the superior race in this era which is why when Medea comes in and turns the whole concept of males being greater around, it makes the males feels threatened.


Marriage, a romanticised idea of being united with a person one loves dearly was the furthest thought from the mind of a woman living in ancient Greece. Marriage was considered one of the most important decisions and events in a woman’s life, but she had no direct control over it. However, in ancient Greek society, females were given little voice, if any, in major decisions. They were denied the freedom to choose whom to marry. When a young woman was to marry, she was “given in marriage by her male relatives and (her) choice had no legal bearing on the contract” (Sealey, p. 5). A woman was not allowed to decide whom she wanted to wed, whether she loved her proposed spouse or not. A woman was not given the opportunity or option to select her husband; therefore she “did not marry; she was given in marriage” (Sealey, p. 25). Women were not active in making the initial decision, because it was arranged and planned by a father figure or male relative. A woman, such as Medea, often dreaded the day of her wedding rather than looking forward to it as one of the happiest and meaningful affairs in her life . this would create the thinking of women being again, cheated out of a equal life .so in