Medea Is A Tragic Feminist Text Medea is a tragic text due to it containing a tragic hero, Medea, who due to her harmartia challenges the dominant views of femininity in the patriarchal society of the epoch, thus furthermore making it a feminist text. While pursuing her ambition Medea disregards many of the feminine stereotypes/ characteristics of the patriarchal Greek society. Throughout this feminist text Medea is exposed as being a tragic hero via the observations and wisdom of the chorus. Tragedy defined by Aristotle is "any serious and dignified drama that describes a conflict between the hero