Euripides' Medea

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Mind Map on Euripides' Medea, created by George Thomas on 20/05/2013.
George Thomas
Mind Map by George Thomas, updated more than 1 year ago
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Euripides' Medea
  1. 1-116
    1. The Nurse begins the play, briefly outlining whats happened
      1. Sorrow for Medea, hate for Jason
        1. Foreboding of the capabilities Medea has expressed
      2. Tutor tells Nurse of Medeas approaching exile
        1. Intent of Medea for revenge
          1. Insanity of Medea or calculated? 'Death take you,with your father,and perish his whole house'
          2. Medea possesses hero attributes 'mood is cruel' 'nature dangerous' 'will fierce and intractable'
          3. Foreboding of 'dark cloud' + 'Deep in passion and unrelenting
            1. 116-
              1. 'The mind of a queen Is a thing to fear'
                1. Nurse fully understands what Medea is capable of
                  1. 'her rage once roused is hard to appease'
                2. Moderation, something Medea isnt going to follow, dramatic irony, foreboding
                  1. 'live on the common level Is better'
                  2. Chorus seem to have no loyalty to Medea
                    1. 'And my own heart suffers too When Jason's house is suffering
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