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Assignment: Medea by Euripides
Outline for Play Analysis
No Playgirism and i have uploaded a book by medea euripides.
THTR 115 FA 23
Your Name:
Where are they?
Exact geographical location
• Korinth or Corinth; Greece-Medea is from Kolchis and it's woah far away
Creon's Palace? On the street - or perhaps a courtyard; "steps of the palace"
• Note specific textual references and descriptions
When are they?
• Day, month, year; time period
• 431 BCE
• Note special significance of date or season
Times of day
• 24 hours - unity of time - sunup to sundown
Who are they?
• Relationships and socio-economics
Under what government?
• Absolute monarchy -
• In what religious environment?
• Believing what about ethical conduct, sex, marriage, family?
A. What happened before the play begins?
B. What do the major characters think about their world?
C. What is the function of each character?
D. Who expresses the highest level of change or development?
E. Who expresses the least amount of change or development?
F. Which characters lead and which support?
G. Identify and describe crowds, if possible, and their function
H. What is the play's theme? Why was this play written? What are we supposed to learn? Note: themes should be expressed as whole sentences and never just one world. Make the theme specific to this play.
I. What are some key IDEAS and ELEMENTS from the play that you can actually manifest into design?