MEDEA Flashcards
NURSE:
“for moderation…____”
“excess…. means___”
“for moderation…. in practice… is by far the best for a man”
“excess… means no profit for man and pays him back with greater ruin”
CHORUS
“passions [should not go] _______”
“passions [should not go] beyond due measure”
JASON- sexism
“without the ….., __”
“how ____”
“if_______”
Critisizes Medea’s _______ __________
“without the … female sex, this would rid the world of all its troubles
“how a sensible women should behave”
“if shes a woman like the rest!”
surly temper
IDENTITY QUOTE 1
“to be______” (Strophe)
“to be denied ones native land is a misery beyond all others”
IDENTITY QUOTE 2
Medea has “___________” (Anti)
“no city, no friend to show [her] pity when [she has] suffered suffering’s worst”
Medea will not “tolerate to______ the ____________”
She doesnt want others to think of her as a “___________ …. but an ___________
“to suffer the mockery of [her] enemies”
“weak and feeble woman…. but an enemy to be feared”
Still in the state of ‘psychomachia’, Medea forces herself to “__________” and “___________” she is about to use.
“put on [her] armour” and “grip the sword”
MEDEA LACKS SOPHROSYNE
She is “well aware_____________, but _______________, passion that _____________”
“well aware how terrible a crime [she is] about to commit, but passion is the master of [her] reason, passion that causes the greatest suffereing in the world”
ANAGNORISIS
Medea admits she has a _____
“stubborn heart”
MATERNAL LOVE
Like any mother of maternal insticts, Medea’s “____________”
She “will not _____________”
“heart dissolves when [she] sees the shining faces of [her] children”
“will not leave [her] children to the mockery of [her] enemies “
What do the Nurse and Chorus say about Medea that warns us of her excessive nature?
- s
- s
- u
- q
- p
- savage temperament
- stubborn will
- unforgiving nature
- quarrelsome moods and insatiable strife
- proud, impassioned soul
“wrong a ________________”
“wrong a women in love and nothing on earth has a heart more murderous”
Creon fears Medea as she is a treat to civilisation.
“a woman who _________, is easier__________________”
“a women who is hot tempered and likewise a man, is easier to guard against than one who is clever and controls her tongue”
JASON IS SELFISH
“you __________”
“for __________”
“________”
“you gained more than you gave”
“for what need have you of children?”
“to ensure my prosperity”
ALTRUISM
“i wanted________”
“could _________”
i wanted us to live comfortably
could never wish you anything but good
ALTRUISM
Jason claims that “____________…. [they will be] _____________. THUS ensuring his prosperity
by producing brothers for his sons…. [they will be] on an equal footing
3 descriptions for Jason’s cold and guiltless nature
- “man of stone”
- “lack of finer feeling”
- “unfeeling monster”
What is Jason’s view on marriage?
“who finds marriage a yoke”
Creon fears Medea because she is “”
“clever and controls her tongue “
In front of Aegeus, Medea dissembles by “”
She even promises him that she will “put a __________” and give him “the ________”
“assuming a posture of helpless in front of him”
“put a stop to [his] childlessness “
“the power to father sons”
Animal imagery
1/ glaring
2/ not
3/ with
“glaring like a mad bull”
“not a women but a lioness”
“with a nature more savage than a Tuscan Scylla
Water imagery "dark" "a new" "i must" "a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ would\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_" "you are "
dark-blue clashing rocks
a new wave is going to crash over us
i must trim the edges of my sail to run before the tempest of your noisy protestations”
a rock or wave would pay more attention to the counsel of friends she does
you are made of rock or of iron
AURAL IMAGERY of Medea lamenting
“she bewails her piteous sorrows”
Medea manipulates Creon by the stage direction of “”
sinking to her knees and seizing Creon by the hand
“now back
“ addresses the chorus
now back on her feet and composed
adresses the chorus in measured tone
