Tragic Heroes in Euripides Medea, Shakespeares Othello and Boccaccios

The Tragic Heroes in Euripides Medea, Shakespeares Othello and Boccaccios Decameron, Tenth Day, Tenth StoryThrough disclose many great works of literature in that respect are numerous characters whose acts are either moral or immoral. In the works Euripides Medea, Shakespeares Othello and Boccaccios Decameron, Tenth Day, Tenth Story, the main characters all carry out actions which in todays day and age would be immoral and inexcusable. Medea takes on the most immoral act, in Euripides great tragic work. The morale of today varies greatly with that of the sequence periods in which these works were written. Gualtieri from Boccaccios work, Othello from Shakespeares work and Medea from Euripides work were all, for the most part, just in their actions because of the view of the citizens during their time period. These people played an immense part in what was viewed as right and wrong, just as in todays day.In Boccaccios Decameron, Tenth Day, Tenth Story, the main character, Gualtieri w ants to test his new wife to see how loyal she is to him. In the beginning of the play, it is portrayed to the readers that Gualtieri is a very well respected, moral man. After being told that it is nessecary to find a wife, Gualtieri states, I will do as you beseech and so shall I have only myself to blame if things turn out badly, I want to be the one who chooses her, and I tell you now that if she is not honored by you as your lady...you will learn to your displeasure how serious a matter it was to compel me with your requests... (Boccaccio 135).From this statement Gualtieri is portrayed as a kind man. He says he will blame no one but himself if things do not work out and once his wife is chosen he orders his people to respe... ...he commits these three immoral acts.The Decameron, Tenth Day, Tenth Story, Othello and Medea are all tragic works, with seemingly tragic heroes. All three heroes, Gualtieri, Othello, and Medea, hurt somebody close to them in order to still retain the ir pride or end their jealousy towards another. Although many of the trivial standards of the present world are dissimilar than that of when the authors were writing, there are many substantial similarities, therefore judging a character based on only the morals of today would be unjust. whole caboodle CitedBoccaccio, Giovanni. The Decameron. New York Penguin, 1982. Euripides. Medea. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed. Sarah Lawall. New York and London W. W. Norton & Company, 1999.Shakespeare, William. Othello (c. 1602) E. A. J Honigmann (Ed.) Surrey Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. 1997.