1. Euripides & The Medea
Unannounced to his wife Medea, Jason decided to remarry into royalty. ... She talks of how Jason and Medea had fled to Corinth together in exile. ... Fearing the wrath of Medea, Creon banishes Medea and her children from his kingdom. ... Satisfied with this Medea then begins to plot her revenge, when she is approached by Jason. ... Although, many of my sources agreed that Euripides was a definite father figure to theater of the now, by saying "the simplicity of his dialogue and its closeness to natural human speech patterns paved the way for dramatic realism, while the emotional vacillations ...
- Word Count: 1606
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School