The Golden Fleece and Salvage the Bones
"This is Medea wielding the knife. This is Medea cutting. I rake my fingernails across his face, leave pink scratches that turn red, fill with blood." pg. 204
This mythological allusion is important because it demonstrates Esch overcoming her bottled up feelings towards Manny. It is her anger, love, and revenge to him which is similar to Medea's emotions for Jason from "The Golden Fleece" Esch was reading. By expressing her feelings in the way she did, it clearly showed how enraged Esch was to the point where all she was doing was thinking about Medea and relating to her while she was hitting Manny. An important lesson to learn is building a bridge and getting over it. In both Medea's and Esch's situations, they achieved some sort of revenge and were then able to get over their past love and completely move on. Medea rode off in a chariot pulled by dragons, forgetting about Jason, likewise, Esch had the support of her brothers and the inspiring book to do so.
Artistic Depiction of Medea:
A female from Canada painted this <no name that I found>
I thought it represented Medea's characteristics due to the mysterious, creepy eyes. Because Medea fought for Jason multiple times by completing some awful tasks, the angry facial expression and dark hair and dress describe and edgy and angry vibe that I felt toward the end.
www.deviantart.com/magggot/art/Medea-284371520
Artisitic Depiction of Esch:
www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwir1IG37ZPdAhWREnwKHePxBWUQjhx6BAgBEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F92253492346610094%2F&psig=AOvVaw0MHaswbe4K-3mZa7AlG874&ust=1535686840832397
I think this definitely depicts Esch's stance towards the end of the book because she became stronger, independent, and didn't care about Manny. She didn't have to worry about feeling badly when he would mistreat her and the book really helped her realize respect and actually fight for herself rather than settling for the attention she would receive.
This mythological allusion is important because it demonstrates Esch overcoming her bottled up feelings towards Manny. It is her anger, love, and revenge to him which is similar to Medea's emotions for Jason from "The Golden Fleece" Esch was reading. By expressing her feelings in the way she did, it clearly showed how enraged Esch was to the point where all she was doing was thinking about Medea and relating to her while she was hitting Manny. An important lesson to learn is building a bridge and getting over it. In both Medea's and Esch's situations, they achieved some sort of revenge and were then able to get over their past love and completely move on. Medea rode off in a chariot pulled by dragons, forgetting about Jason, likewise, Esch had the support of her brothers and the inspiring book to do so.
Artistic Depiction of Medea:
A female from Canada painted this <no name that I found>
I thought it represented Medea's characteristics due to the mysterious, creepy eyes. Because Medea fought for Jason multiple times by completing some awful tasks, the angry facial expression and dark hair and dress describe and edgy and angry vibe that I felt toward the end.
www.deviantart.com/magggot/art/Medea-284371520
Artisitic Depiction of Esch:
www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwir1IG37ZPdAhWREnwKHePxBWUQjhx6BAgBEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F92253492346610094%2F&psig=AOvVaw0MHaswbe4K-3mZa7AlG874&ust=1535686840832397
I think this definitely depicts Esch's stance towards the end of the book because she became stronger, independent, and didn't care about Manny. She didn't have to worry about feeling badly when he would mistreat her and the book really helped her realize respect and actually fight for herself rather than settling for the attention she would receive.
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