Medea's Rise in Feminist Consciousness

Abstract

Medea is a representative female image in ancient Greek mythology. Her experience reflects the rise in feminist consciousness, and her image portrays the strong and unrepressed desire in Greek traditional culture. Medea illustrates her constant pursuit of a romantic relationship, and within her unrestrained character lays a lasting spirit. Medea's feminist consciousness is constantly awakened and developed and has experienced stages of awakening to expansion with the change in her relationship. Facing the betrayal of love, her brutal nature breaks out. In the later period, the "devil" side of her nature appears. She begins to question what was originally regarded as life, using wisdom to fight against power and expressing a shocking resistance to "love" and dignity. Medea has become a model figure in ancient women's struggle for freedom and her revenge signifies the awakening of feminist consciousness.