❤️The chorus extols moderation and love and asks the goddess Aphrodite for peace in marriage.
💔Medea's passionate love for Jason leads to her exile and the atrocious acts she commits to be with him.
🔪Medea murders her brother and forces the king's daughters to kill their own father to be with Jason.
🏞️Medea's actions are rooted in her desperate desire to bear her exile with Jason, but he leaves her.
😔Jason doesn't see his betrayal of Medea and her suffering as significant.
What are the key themes in Medea?
—The key themes in Medea are moderation, love, exile, and betrayal.
Who is the goddess Aphrodite in Medea?
—Aphrodite is the goddess of love who the chorus prays to for moderation and peace in marriage.
What are the atrocities committed by Medea in the play?
—Medea murders her brother and forces the king's daughters to kill their own father to be with Jason.
Why does Medea commit such acts of violence?
—Medea's actions are driven by her passionate love for Jason and her desperation to bear her exile with him.
How does Jason treat Medea in the play?
—Jason betrays Medea by leaving her and doesn't see the significance of his actions or her suffering.
00:10The chorus extols moderation and love, asking Aphrodite for peace in marriage.
00:34The chorus reveals their inability to be friends with Jason due to his dishonoring his family.
00:51Medea's passionate love for Jason leads to her suffering and exile.
00:56Medea's crimes against her homeland increase her affliction of exile.
01:09Medea commits atrocious acts, including murdering her brother and scattering his remains.
01:12She also forces the king's daughters to kill their own father.
01:19All of Medea's actions are driven by her passionate love for Jason and her desire to bear her exile with him.
01:31Jason betrays Medea by leaving her, disregarding the significance of his actions and her suffering.
