Medea Flashcards
“I tell you from a heart that wishes you well yet would not break mankind’s laws, do not do this”
Chorus to M as she reveals her plan to murder the children
“We beg you not to murder your children”
Chorus to M as she reveals her plan to murder the children
“boldness”
Medea’s boldness allows her to commit act
“[Medea] seeks to please her husband in all she does”
Nurse during prologue
“dishonoured”
Nurse during prologue
“raise my sons in a manner worthy of my house”
Jason justifying to Medea why he abandoned her
“ensure my prosperity”
Jason justifying to Medea why he abandoned her
“my advantage”
Jason justifying to Medea why he abandoned her
“of all creature that have life and reason, we women aee the most miserable specimens”, “must buy a husband” + “master to play tyrant with our bodies”
Medea to women of Corinth
“good man or bad”
Medea to women of Corinth
“disgrace”
Medea to women of Corinth
“should have been some other means for mankind to reproduce itself, without the need of a female sex; this would rid the world of all its troubles”
Jason being misogynistic
“like a seasoned helmsman, I must trim my sails to run before the temptest of your noisy protestations”
Jason being misogynistic
“wisdom”
Jason thinks he is more superior than M
“my passion is the master of my reason”
M’s reason
“have fallen victim”
To Jasons unquenchable desperation of oikos
“no justice in the eyes of men”
M to chorus
“offends his fellows by his lack of finer feelings”
M to chorus
“say nothing if truely you are a loyal servant and a woman”
M to nurse, E = implies struggle is universal
“You [women] think your happiness is complete when love smiles down on you but, should some misfortune mar that love, you take all that is good in life and turn it into ground for bitter hatred”
Jason to M (being misogynistic)
“superior way of thinking”
when M agrees with J’s plan
“sensible women should behave”
when M agrees with J’s plan
“If she’s a women like the rest”
J to M about Glauce
“she will prefer me to wealth”
J being hubristic
