![]() ![]() It had at least one set of doors, and actors could make entrances and exits through them. Skene: located directly in back of the stage, and decorated as a palace, temple, or other building, depending on the needs of the play. Discussion questions for each section of Euripides Medea Award-winning poet Robin Robertson has captured both the vitality of Euripides' drama and the beauty of his phrasing, reinvigorating this masterpiece for the twenty-first century. Strong-willed and fiercely intelligent, she turns her formidable energies to working out the greatest, and most horrifying, revenge possible.Įuripides' devastating tragedy is shockingly modern in the sharp psychological exploration of the characters and the gripping interactions between them. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. He has forgotten all the promises he made and is even prepared to abandon their two sons. Her husband, Jason, has left her for a younger woman. History is made by women, just as much as men. We'd sing of men's failings, and their blame. Never passed on the flame of poetry to us. No more hymns to our faithlessness and deceit. ![]()
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