Approches de l'archétype et de la stéréotypie
The Temerity and Fear of Euripides' Heroines – from Archetype to Real Life
Abstract
After a brief account of the different contexts in which the characters we are going to analyze appear, the paper focuses on two opposite forms of temerity: one that means courage, usually specific to young age, and temerity that has a deeply negative connotation, synonymous with defying the gods. We shall then debunk the prejudice that fear is a feminine trait, while courage means virility. True only on a physical level, but taken for granted by most commentators, this idea is refuted by the tragic authors on the moral level. The tragic heroine proves to be, par excellence, capable of heroism. The paper closes with a review of the explanations – from archetype to prototype and reality - that could be given for this pre-eminence of the female character in Greek tragedy.
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courage · feminine · heroism · sacrifice · primacyCite this article
Man, S. C. (2014). The Temerity and Fear of Euripides' Heroines – from Archetype to Real Life. Dialogos, 29, 41–52.
Man, Sorana Cristina. “The Temerity and Fear of Euripides' Heroines – from Archetype to Real Life.” Dialogos, vol. 29, 2014, pp. 41–52.
Man, Sorana Cristina. 2014. “The Temerity and Fear of Euripides' Heroines – from Archetype to Real Life.” Dialogos 29: 41–52.
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