When first reading The Hungry Women, and Medea’s character, we are quick to judge that Medea is simply an unstable, delirious mother who ultimately kills her son out of anger and abnormal psychological behavior toward her ex-husband. As infanticide seems … Continue reading
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The Hungry Woman definitely possesses many of the same elements that we have been looking over and consider to be Chicano Gothic literature. Firstly, it is made clear from the beginnning that Medea is a curandera, as Ultima was, but not … Continue reading
The Hungry Woman expresses Chicano sentiments along with certain gothic elements. At first when looking at the character lists, I noticed similarities with characters in Bless Me, Ultima. Medea is listed as a curandera similar to Ultima, Chac-mool, a young … Continue reading
In “The Hungry Woman”, author Cherrie Moraga daringly explores the classical story of Medea through the devastating experiences of a Chicana activist. Although set in different scenarios, the chicana version borrows greatly from Euripides’ play and manages to truthfully depict … Continue reading
The play from Moraga has many gothic, Chicano/a and Greek elements. Firstly, it is the story of Medea, beginning from her sorrow from getting divorced from Jason because he cheated on her with another woman to her having to question … Continue reading
One of elements that I found intriguing about this play was how the presence of corn was interwoven in the fabric of the story. We see it right away in the first scene of the play when Luna and Chac-Mool … Continue reading
For this week we’re going to be reading Cherríe Moraga’s play The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea, Moraga’s take on the La Llorona story. The play is short, but please be sure to read the introductory notes. Also, because this … Continue reading