A student edition of this challenging and popular tragedy with notes and commentary. The most controversial of the Greek tragedians, Euripedes is also the most modern in his sympathies, a dramatist who handles the complex emotions of his characters with extraordinary depth and insight. Wronged and discarded by her husband, Medea gradually reveals her revenge in its increasing horror, while the audience is led to understand the incomprehensible; a woman who murders her own children. Since its first production (431 BC), the play has exerted an irresistible attraction for actors and directors alike. Translated by J.Michael Walton.

Classic trilogy by great tragedian deals with the bloody history of the House of Atreus. Grand in style, rich in diction and dramatic dialogue, the plays embody Aeschylus’ concerns with the destiny and fate of both individuals and the state, all played out under the watchful eye of the gods.

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在莎士比亞三十多齣劇本中，《哈姆雷》一劇情文並茂，最受青睞。表面上，煽色腥作品的主要成分一應俱全：鬼魂、謀殺、懸疑、政治、權術、亂倫、情愛、復仇、間諜、瘋癲、武打……。而在更深層處，它所探討的人生種種：生與死、善與惡、真與假、復仇與寬恕、天命與人力……又都是亙古以來哲人企圖尋求答案的問題。

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