Hello everyone, here are my notes for Medea:
-Medea (p. 344) talks about her own experiences.
-Traditionally, it is the woman who travels to man's family; Medea's case.
-What does Creon ask her to do: Creon banishes Medea from Corinth because he is scared of her, fears what she might do since she even has more power, being a witch.
-Medea seemed to be controlled by her emotions in the play and in the beginning it looked like she almost has magical power to persuade; being able to get one more day in Corinth from Creon, in which she put her revenge plan to work.
-There is something about the way she is able to persuade since Creon who was determined to kick her out changed his decision a bit. One of the ways she is able to persuade ==> seducing. She emphasizes the fact that he is a father.
-Medea at first seems a little bit sincere and intelligent.
-Episode 2 ==> idea of rhetoric, Medea and Jason using their words simply to perduade.
-Discomfort with the idea that you could be persuaded with someone who has good ideas and knows how to persuade.
-Jason and Medea were accusing each other.
-Medea accuses Jason: -Monster, too good for him
-She does a recital of things.
-She uses rhetorical speaking, "I"
-"I" used to attack jason, "you" to defend herself.
-For 10 years, things seemed to go well for Medea in Corinth.
-She also uses sarcasm, there is an organization of rhetoric.
-She is driven by her passion and emotions, no logic.
-Medea always "I". Jason "you".
-If what Jason says is believed, than it is plausible
-Jason starts distancing himself from the problem, disowning his sons.
-The children went away weeping because they're sad, don't know what's happening, Medea upset.
-Chorus are witnesses, not characters.
-Medea confused in the passage when she tries to decide whether to kill her children or not (p. 374-376), trying to convince herself.
-Why did the children had to die? Because Medea had many enemies who would maybe kill her children after she leaves Corinth and after the crime she committed, killing Creon's daughter. Also, they brought the poison to Creon's daughter, even though she was the mastermind behind the murder so they would've been targets and hated.
-Plus, if Jason had married Creon's daughter and had new children, Medea thought that he wouldn't care about his two sons anymore and would abandon them/ other reason for Medea to murder them.
-What if one of Creon's relatived would kill Medea's sons to get revenge on Medea.
-There are a lot of details described about the murders, no death should occur on stage.
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