Medusa, monster or woman?

Question

Medusa has been transformed in a terrorific monster, because it represents the femenine power seen trought the eyes of masculinity?

Answer 1

medusa had once been an ordinary girl... but because she thought of herself to have superior beauty against athena, she was transformed into a gorgon...

therefore, medusa is a woman (as she had ONCE been one) and a monster (as she was transformed into one)...

anyway, gorgons are women... they only have hideous looks and destructive powers.

Answer 2

That sounds like a legitimate literary interpretation from the feminist perspective (one that has been used frequently and metaphorically), if you can support it with good examples and evidence from mythology, modern literature, philosophy, psychology, etc. Feminist critic Elains Showalter said that whether "clitoral, vulval, vaginal, or uterine; whether centered on semiotic pulsions, childbearing, or jouissance, the feminist theorization of female sexuality/textuality, and its funky audacity in violating patriarchal taboos by unveiling the Medusa, is an exhilarating challenge to phallic discourse."

Answer 3

medusa is there to show us that you do not compete with the gods. haha she is a women but because she competed she was turned into something hideous.

Answer 4

Same thing. lol

Answer 5

Neither. It's just a myth like Santa Claus is. It is neither a monster nor a woman.

Answer 6

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/fin...