Sure, but Perseus wasn't part of her Drama until the end. All he knew was that she was turning people to stone And that the only way he would get to see his mother again was to kill Medusa, who was a well known monster to the king in those parts. The King who was attempting to boink his mother.
It's a tragedy, but Perseus isn't the one leading the tragedy, the various kings are.
This statue is actually perfectly emblematic of feminism, in a way that I doubt the creator intended. Life and the world are horrifically tragic, to point that people constantly screw each other over without any knowledge of their "victim's" circumstances. Feminism doesn't give a shit about anyone else's tragic circumstances, past or present, but women's and seeks to subvert every situation so that women are never the victim.
Except, you'll notice, that Medusa is still depicted as a monster, even if she defeated Perseus in this work. Because the tragedy is inescapable.
To be fair, Medusa got screwed over. She gets raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple and then Athena turns her into a monster.
Sure, but Perseus wasn't part of her Drama until the end. All he knew was that she was turning people to stone And that the only way he would get to see his mother again was to kill Medusa, who was a well known monster to the king in those parts. The King who was attempting to boink his mother.
It's a tragedy, but Perseus isn't the one leading the tragedy, the various kings are.
This statue is actually perfectly emblematic of feminism, in a way that I doubt the creator intended. Life and the world are horrifically tragic, to point that people constantly screw each other over without any knowledge of their "victim's" circumstances. Feminism doesn't give a shit about anyone else's tragic circumstances, past or present, but women's and seeks to subvert every situation so that women are never the victim.
Except, you'll notice, that Medusa is still depicted as a monster, even if she defeated Perseus in this work. Because the tragedy is inescapable.