Medea (reverse) Flashcards
Exodus speech / chorus’ final message to the audience
“what men expect does not happen; for the unexpected heaven finds a way”
Tutor about J
“No-one loves his neighbour more than himself”
Tutor about J
“Is he so different from the rest of mankind?”
Creon to M
“my children win more love from me than my country”
M to A
“Aegeus, you have a noble heart
Aegeus to M
“the fate awaiting mortals who offend against the gods”
Chorus after J breaks oath
“uphill flows the water of sacred rivers; nature and all things are overturned”
J to M when holding the corpses of his children above the stage (on a chariot)
“In heavens name, let me touch my children’s soft skin”
J to M when holding the corpses of his children above the stage (on a chariot)
“you have robbed me of life”
J to M when holding the corpses of his children above the stage (on a chariot)
“you have destroyed me lady”
Stage directions
“Medea suddenly appears above the stage in a chariot drawn by dragons. Visible to the audience are the corpses of children”
J being hubristic
“she will prefer me to wealth”
J to M about Glauce
“If she’s a women like the rest”
when M agrees with J’s plan
“sensible women should behave”
when M agrees with J’s plan
“superior way of thinking”
