The Chorus in Medea -- Mimetic Theory and Literary Study

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Date Posted: 19:23:02 02/16/08 Sat
Author: Katelyn R.
Subject: The Chorus in Medea
In reply to: Shannon 's message, "The Chorus in the Bacchae" on 14:06:58 02/11/08 Mon

I am doing a paper for my Roman Civilization class comparing Euripides� Medea to Seneca�s Medea. In Euripides the chorus is very sympathetic to Medea at the beginning, and it is hard reading along not to be convinced by their argument. They make Jason appear to be the �bad guy� since he left Medea for another woman. Seneca�s Chorus, however, sympathizes with Jason, trying to explain how Medea is wrong. With the Euripides� one I guess you might be able to argue that it is showing the audience not to be sympathetic to Medea by having the Chorus be sympathetic to her. From the beginning there is a warning of how dangerous Medea could be, but this is overshadowed by the Chorus. I am not that familiar with Medea (this is my first time reading it) so I am not sure if this idea would work. Obviously the story of Medea would be a lot different shown on stage than the Bacchae but looking at the characterization of the Chorus it seems like they usually are a voice to be wary of since they usually help guide the audience through the play.

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Re: The Chorus in Medea -- JPJ II, 20:54:03 02/17/08 Sun