Revenge in “Medea”, by Euripides, and “The House of the Spirits” by Isabel Allende

Often, when someone commits evil deeds, it causes the victim to take action. This, however, may simply escalate the situation to the rate where the characters forget or so morals and beliefs for retri scarceion. In the novel, The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende, and the playing period, Medea, by Euripides, the characters from both works match intensely to get strike back on others.Although Allende mainly uses effective diction, and Euripides the power of the utter, both authors challenge the cyclorama that when faced with injustice, defiance is the solution. In The House of the Spirits, Allendes use of diction enhances the injustice that Esteban Garcia ll must confront, but also to mark the consequences of much(prenominal) confrontation. To begin, he loathes Esteban Trueba for raping his grandmother, Pancha, the cause for his revenge.During the death of Pedro Garcia, Allende details Esteban Garcias hatred for Esteban Trueba he scorned Esteban Trueba Trueba had forgot ten all most Pancha Garcia and the fact that he had had a child with her Esteban Garcia would lie awake at night imagining all sorts of dreadful illnesses and accidents that could put an end to the life of Esteban Trueba Esteban Garcia al vogues reproached Trueba for the dark existence he had forged for him, and he felt constantly punished (Allende, 189). Evidently, Esteban Garcia has passionate contempt for his grandfather, rooted by the evil he commits by raping Garcias grandmother.Allende emphasizes his hatred by using harsh diction, such as dreadful, reproached, dark, forged, and punished. This depicts the goal to which Garcia regards such actions as injustice. Later in the novel, the consequences of getting revenge on Esteban Trueba are revealed. As Alba writes ab come out of the closet her family history with Esteban Trueba, she discusses, Alba wrote in her mind that one day Colonel Garcia would stand before her in defeat and that she would revenge herself on all those who need to be avenged.But now she has begun to question her own hatred later the grandson of the woman who was raped repeats the gesture with the granddaughter of the rapist, and perhaps forty years from now Albas grandson testament knock Garcias granddaughter down among the rushes, and so on through the centuries in an unending tale of gloominess, blood, and love (431-432). Allende explores the inevitability of retribution, that revenge will always take place because the two families would continue to see injustice in the way their ancestors deal with situations.Effective diction is used to intensify the readers feelings about this, such as repeats, so on through the centuries, and unending, which enhances the feeling of continuity, and therefore negativity, in the consequences. She also uses gloomy linguistic communication, analogous sorrow and blood to deliver the message that such consequences are also gloomy and unfavour suitable. To summarize, Allende indicates that revenge should non be taken as a result of injustice, through the manipulation of diction. Similarly, in Medea, Euripides illustrates that injustice is not necessarily resolved when the victim seeks vengeance.However, he uses the ability to communicate directly to his audience, instead of elaborate words with blockheaded meanings. The use of the let loose, along with rhetorical questions, aids Euripides in conveying his message to his audience. Euripides uses the chorus to emphasize the difficulties that Medea must cope with, but also to emphasize the immorality in the way she chooses to resolve the situation. To begin, the chorus is used to depict the injustice that Medea is faced with. When Creon banishes Medea from the city of Corinth, the chorus sympathizes for Medea by saying, hapless womanOverwhelmed by sorrow Where will you turn? What stranger will afford you hospitality? (Euripides, 45. 359-360). Clearly, the chorus is feeling sympathy toward Medea, as they exclaim her feelings and worry about her future. In the ancient Greek setting of this play, the audience would confirm what their feelings toward the play should be through the chorus. This would therefore cause the audience to feel sympathy for Medea as well, and Euripides would succeed in making the audience realize the injustice that Medea faces.The use of the two rhetorical questions also emphasizes this feeling. If the all-knowing chorus cannot even answer these questions, there must not be any answer, and Medea must really piddle nowhere to go. Further into the play, however, the choruss opinion on Medea changes when she reveals her plot to get revenge on Jason for causing her misery. When she announces her intention of killing Jasons new family, the chorus asks. Whence you got the hardihood to conceive such a plan? And in the horrible act, as you bring death on your own children, how will you steel your heart and hand?When you cast your eyes on them, your own children, will you not express emo tion that you should be their murderess? (58. 843-847). Suddenly, the chorus is against Medea, and the audience would follow this dramatic turn. Through the use of rhetoric, Euripides shows that any rational someone should not plan as such, should not be able to steel themselves, and should not be able to murder her own children without weeping. As Medea begins lose her ability to think ethically, Euripides demonstrates Medeas immorality because she descends too deep in the choices she makes to resolve her problems.The rhetorical style enables the audience to be engaged and actually think about the situation as they try to answer the question. This is in contrast to the way Allende shows the irrational decisions people melt down to make in their attempts to confront injustice. Allende uses elaborate diction that effectively portrays the negativity in both situations, whereas Eurpides has the alternative to engage his audience directly. However, both authors, despite having their own methods, succeed in proving that defiance be givens to go out of control, when it either lasts continuously causes the characters to forget how to act morally.In conclusion, both Allende and Euripides take different routes to reveal their implicit in(p) purpose that seeking revenge is not necessarily the correct path to take when faced with injustice. The formulate two wrongs do not make a right has a powerful effect in both works, as it causes permanent retaliations of wrongs and results in the disregard for ethics and morals. Overall, it can be seen that people tend to reciprocate injustice due to their desire for retribution.