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Medea
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Euripides
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Medea Characters
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Medea
Medea is a straight up serial killer. Let's take a look at her bloody career. Back in her and Jason's Golden Fleece days, she killed her own brother and chopped him into pieces. Later on, she trick...
Jason
Jason is kind of a jerk. If you took him on Oprah, he'd get a stern talking to. After years of marriage with Medea, he goes and marries somebody else: Glauke, daughter of Creon. When Medea gets mad...
Chorus
There has been some serious scholarly smack talk concerning Euripides's use of choruses. The main criticism is their lack of effect on the action of the play. The Chorus in Medea is a good example...
