Talk:Medea (play)

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What's the deal with Glauce/Creusa? I'm pretty sure she's called Creusa in my copy of it (of course, I don't have it with me now, but I certainly did when I originally expanded this article...did I miss something?). Adam Bishop 04:00, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Well, I checked in my copy at home, apparently she is unnamed in Euripides' version. Adam Bishop 02:11, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

I've seen her go by both names, depends on the source. - Ravenous 07:51, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Sexuality and motherhood in Medea 2 Too many quotes? 3 'Medea' as a 'feminist' work 4 Garbled? 5 WikiProject Theatre Assessment

[edit] Sexuality and motherhood in Medea

I wnat to get some inputs which will give some light on the different aspects of Motherhood and sexuality in the Play

[edit] Too many quotes?

This article uses quite a few quotes, and they are in a couple different formats. It makes it look pretty cluttered. I say we trim the quotes down and standardize their format. Who agrees? - Ravenous 02:30, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 'Medea' as a 'feminist' work

Perhaps Medea should be compared with Aeschylus' Clytaemnestra as they are similar in many ways as strong and resolute female characters of Greek drama. The quote, 'Medea, uncharacteristically for a female character, is strong and powerful', appears to ignore Clytaemnestra.

Nicander 12:31, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I'd consider Antigone a strong female character as well, especially as Sophocles portrays her. Looking at Euripides' other plays, there are several others as well... perhaps we should start by getting rid of this "uncharacteristically" quote, since it's not true. - Ravenous 15:48, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and removed it along with this other sentence since it's along those same lines: "Euripides breaks with tradition, having a female lead with what in Greek drama were very male characteristics and by having a female chorus (traditionally, the chorus consisted of city elders)." On the subject of the chorus, Aeschylus and Sophocles both had some female choruses in their existing plays. - Ravenous 05:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Garbled?

I cannot make sense of this quasi-sentence in the section "Reaction": "To have included an indecisive chorus, his criticism of Athenian society and his eventual disrespect for the gods — inhibit in Artemis, the acclaimed goddess of light and justice, acting for the now apparently evil Medea in carrying her to King Aegeus, was to repeal the purpose of the Dionysian plays: to appreciate Grecian society and uphold the power of the gods."

If anyone thinks they can, they should correct it. pmr (talk) 15:25, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Theatre Assessment

• Start class - Themes headings is a good heading stub, but needs expansion. Quotes in plot probably aren't necessary, particularly the soliliquy (unless it is notable independently, in which case it probably belongs in its own section).
• Low importance - a single play constitutes a "highly specific area of knowledge."

--Dereksmootz (talk) 17:31, 22 May 2008 (UTC)