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This is a question of opinion. Some say that Medea's actions are justifiable because Jason has wronged her in marrying the princess. Others say that Medea has overreacted and that adultery is no ground for murder.
Medea and Circe may be Hecate's daughters.
When Medea killed Jason's (of the Argonauts) wife, she sent her sons to give her the cursed robe that killed the young bride. She saw that there was no safety for her sons, so she killed them and then escaped. (Edith Hamilton's Mythology Part 2 Chapter 3) It does not say that she boiled them.
Well most would say Hera, but technically she was married to Zeus, but it was unsuccessfull. But there is also Lysithea.
She was probably one of the first woman known to have an affair. So I would say that she empowered women or something.
1. Why is Medea upset in the beginning of the play? 2. What do you think of Jason, that he is willing to leave Medea for the king's daughter? 3. What does Medea say to the Chorus about the plight of women? Is any of what she says relevant to today? 4. Is the Chorus willing to help Medea with what she plans to do? In your own words, what do they tell her? 5. Why does Jason say he went to marry the princess? 6. Do you get the impression Medea loves her children? What from the text makes you think as you do? 7. What does Medea do to the princess, and how does she do it? 8. What does Medea do to her children? Why does she do it? 9. Medea points out several times in the story that she is foreign. How does the story overall make you feel about Greek society? 10. In some versions of the story, Medea flees Corinth and Creon kills her children. Why do you think Euripides wrote the story the way he did instead?
That she is to blame for her own predicament is the chorus' reaction to Antigone's plight in her final scene in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the chorus reminds Theban Princess Antigone of her own choices. They say that respect for the gods is important, but does not entail offense to royal rulers. They state that Antigone's willful spirit and uncontrolled passion put her on the road to her death by live burial.
Chorus = Refrain
The chorus is sampled from Imogen Heap's song, "Hide and Seek".
a prologue is said by a chorus to say what is happening.
who dose the chorus say will follow the killer wherever he goes
This is a question of opinion. Some say that Medea's actions are justifiable because Jason has wronged her in marrying the princess. Others say that Medea has overreacted and that adultery is no ground for murder.
Medea and Circe may be Hecate's daughters.
chorus (cher-Os)
I'm pretty sure it came from Medea.
Circe was a witch/sorceress/nymph or goddess queen of the island Aeaea, to which she was allegedly exhiled after killing her husband. There are various versions of her parenthood; some say she was daughter of Hecate (the crone, goddess of full moon and witchcraft), some say her mother was Perse(oceanid) and her father Helios (god of sun). In the second version, when Perse is her mother, she has three siblings: Pasiphae, Aeetes, and Perses. Now Medea is the daughter of Aeetes, which makes her Hecate's niece. Medea's biological mother is said to be Idiya, however Medea was allegedly a priestess of Hecate, some say Hecate tutored her, therefore she is often called daughter of Hecate. Idiya is in other versions called sister of Circe, once again making Medea Circe's niece. \
The Chorus is the part of a song that repeats. Example: .... (chorus) Down by the bay Where the watermelons grow Back to my home I dare not go, for if i do, my mother will say........ Verse 1 or 2 or whatever and then CHORUS again!