MEDEIA. DA AFIRMAÇÃO DO HUMANO À NEGAÇÃO DO DIVINO

Abstract

The research we communicate presents a possibility of reading the tragic play Medeia, written by the poet Eurípides in 431 BC, considering the possibility that we find of reading multiple faces of the character Medeia, marked by tensions that culminate in the realization of the adventure - a concept extracted from Poetics of Aristotle. Peripecia, in turn, is interpreted dialectically, in order to show the originality of Euripides. The prologue of the text works as a great didascálica presenting, therefore, these faces of Medeia previously announced. Facing the faces that Medeia assumes, the following figures are identified as a triple ambiguity, namely: Medeia transiting between passionality and rationality, between barbarian and Greek woman and the greatest and most important ambiguity, Medeia between the human figure and the figure divine. From this perspective, we propose that the construction of the character Medeia is a dialectic expedient.