.Is the correct format using the MLA style, I am actually focusing on the works cited, biblo, and the writers?
Euripides was born in 484 B.C. in Athens, Greece. Euripides began his career as a poet at age 29. Much of his writing was about tragedy. One would probably say that, Euripides works, such as marriage, religion, and war carries a great deal of truth to it, which reflects mostly on the unstable state of women, such as in his play, Medea: Harold Bloom, in his works, Major Dramatists, states that, "The vengeful, competitive, and sexually honest Medea, in escaping unpunished, was any Athenian husband's worst nightmare realized". Although, Euripide’s writing was mostly dealing with the humans and gods, it appears that he had knowledge of the relationships between a man and a woman. Considering the fact that Euripides had two a family himself, and being involved with 2 different marriages, one would probably feel that he had a problem with women, or perhaps, the women had a problem with him. Euripides used phrases such as, “”the fragility of life,” and “the complex relationship between humans and the gods,” One would very well say that, according the relationship between men and women of today, the word complex is most fitting.(Euripides xvi 9) p13
"Are You There Alone?":
The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates
by Suzanne O'Malley
Like Euripides Medea, the crimes that women commit through the heat of passion continues to reflect upon the women in this century, such as, The Andrea Yates case. On June 20, 2001, Yates drowned her five children, who ranged in age from six months to seven years, then she calmly called her husband and the police and told them to come to her home. The writer, Suzanne O’Malley’ states in “the Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates” “this was a murder that shocked people all over the country; how could she do it? Was it the fault of her husband, Rusty? Was it postpartum depression? Was something else to blame?” According to the writer, Suzanne, who covered the case from its inception and provides a fascinating study of Yates and her trial. Suzanne further stated that Yates was described by her doctors as, “the "sickest person they had ever seen"; and the defense and prosecution lawyers who missed opportunities to keep this troubled woman out of prison. She also claims that, Yates was just as much a victim as her children. (146)
Another case that one would probably want to consider in support of Euripides writing is explained in the works of Nancy Donovan, An American Tragedy.” In August of 1995, Susan Leigh Vaughan Smith of union, South Carolina, was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing her children. She fabricated a story that her car with her two sons in it had been stolen, which she later confessed to drowning them. Some scholars in the medical field believe that such actions are due to the effect of trying to achieve wealth, but reports has shown that many of these actions are from relationships where one spouse (in an insane state of mind) tries to get back at the other, or blaming society by using those that they feel would cause the greatest effect. (58)
The gifts are poisoned, however, and kill both the princess and the king. Determined not to let her children fall prey to her enemies, Medea kills them herself before escaping with their bodies to Athens on a dragon-drawn chariot, leaving Jason alive to mourn all that he has lost.
Works Cited
Becnel, Kim Literary contexts in plays: Euripides, “Medea” , (Literary Criticism) p1-1, 1P volume 72, 2006 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?d... &site=lrc-live
Bloom, Harold, Bloom’s Major Dramatists; 2003, p65-68 4p Literary Criticism, Ebasco Host Support Site, Magnolia Database, Book 2003, p13-15,
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Donovan, Nancy McIlvaine. Smith, Susan: An “American Tragedy” Narrative Retold. By: Dreiser Studies, Vol. 34 Issue 1 (Literary Criticism) (2003) 58-59 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?d...
O’Malley, Suzanne: “Are You There Alone?” “The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates” Library Journal; 4/15/200 4, Vol. 129 Issue 7, p146-146, 1/6pLibrary Journal, Vol
129 Issue 7, 146-146, Literary Reference Center (2004) 146-146
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