Euripides was accused by his contempories of being a...

Euripides was accused by his contempories of being a woman hater. Why do you think this was so, and how justified do you think the accusation was? Question -------- Euripides was accused by his contempories of being a woman hater. Why do you think this was so, and how justified do you think the accusation was? In your answer you should consider not only how Euripides portrays his female characters, but also the sentiments expressed in the plays and the contempory view of women. Answer ------ Euripides definitely had an opinion on woman that was not shared by many other play writes. Whether it is hatred or not, women play a major role in a Euripian play. Their role in society of that time was a great contrast to that†¦show more content†¦They care more about the goddess Artemis and hunting, like Hippolytus himself. How she wastes away on a bed of sickness and keeps to the palace. Clytemnestra in the Electra is the widow of Agamemnon, the national hero and adulterer. She killed her own husband claiming that it was out of revenge for Agamemnon sacrificing their daughter, Iphagenia. She is tough and not easily misled. In the Electra she comes over as a strong willed mother who cannot get on the same level with her daughter. Electra sarcastically mocks her mother and a quarrel arises from any conversational topic. Do; and youll find he will stop persecuting you. He lives in my house; and that makes him arrogant. There you go, kindling the old quarrel once again. Euripides shows the tension between the shallow Electra and single-minded Clytemnestra. Neither of them are heroines in any way and they are always shown in a bad light in the play, neither of them are good characters; they both have serious flaws. Clytemnestra is loyal to Aegisthus even though they are not married. Electra is shown to be a whiney girl who wants people to see her humility. She has gone from a life of nobility, the daughter of the heroic Agamemnon, to the wife of a peasant. All is not as it seems. Underneath her pitiful self, she has not consummated her marriage with the peasant and the audience have been made aware of this fact. As I have previously