PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Medea Interpretation 2
From the start of the play, Medea is an alarming character. While the Nurse and chorus express sympathy for her, their expressions of fear about her violence and danger, combined with her deceptive encounter with Creon, make everything she says and does suspect and give the audience ominous foreshadowing of the final destruction. Medea's arguments with Jason show her as a manipulator who knows how to work people's emotions (Jasons and those who are sympathetic to her), and her mentions of the children are all manipulation. At the end of the play, after she kills her children, the audience (at least its male members) would be reaffirmed in their view of women as irrational and potentially dangerous.
Why Medea Interpretation 2?
Medea interpretation 2 is the best because throughout the entire play Medea is a cold narcissistic character that will do anything for revenge and achieve her sinister goals. This is supported by scenes from the play and examples of hubris.
Hubris in Medea
One of the examples of hubris in Medea is when Jason tells Medea "But as I shall demonstrate, in the matter of my rescue you got more than you gave"(201).
Deus ex machina
(god out of the machine):
a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence.
Deus ex machina in Medea
The moment of deus ex machina in Medea is when on page 218 of our copy when "Medea appears aloft in a chariot drawn by winged dragons. She has the bodies of the children"
Proverb Analysis
The proverb shown on the previous slide means that the person saying it places themself and their fate in the hands of God.
