Sunday, 2 December 2012

The Woman

Just been thinking;

Medea - rage and  fury at betrayal of husband
Phedre - succumbs to guilt of ill-directed/unrequitted  love
Lysistrata - rises up in protest against war. takes a stand against the men
Sappho - love for beauty of female gender
Antigone - sacrifices her life for her duty to brother
my favourite; seems most sincere

Wollstonecraft combines all of the above
Like Medea and Phedre; she is betrayed and in emotional distress because of husband/a man
Like Lysistrata; she stands up for woman's rights vs men
Like Sappho; she has great love for her daughter and speaks of the 'blush on her cheeks"
Like Antigone; she fulfills her duty for her sister by taking her away from a negative situation

also realized that Antigone is like Antagonize

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/antagonize
an·tag·o·nize (n-tg-nz)
tr.v. an·tag·o·nized, an·tag·o·niz·ing, an·tag·o·niz·es
1. To incur the dislike of; provoke hostility or enmity in: antagonized her officemates with her rude behavior.
2. To counteract.

[Greek antagnizesthai, to struggle against : anti-, anti- + agnizesthai, to struggle (from agn, contest; see agony).]
 
or Agony

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/agony
ag·o·ny(g-n)
n. pl. ag·o·nies
1. The suffering of intense physical or mental pain.
2. The struggle that precedes death.
3. A sudden or intense emotion: an agony of doubt.
4. A violent, intense struggle.

[Middle English agonie, from Old French, from Late Latin agnia, from Greek agni, from agn, struggle, from agein, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
 

 

 
 




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