Medea Quotes, organising

“I will act thus to my enemies, and I will not spare my children, whom I bore”

revenge and jealousy, Medea, juxtaposition

“stealing into the palace where the bed is made”

revenge and jealousy, Medea, imagery

“and arranged her hair before a mirror smiling at the lifeless image of herself”

revenge and jealousy, Messenger, implied stage directions

“that will be a fine shame for the new wedded groom”

revenge and jealousy, Medea, irony

“I understand what I am about to do is wrong, but anger…drives me on”

honesty and deceit, Medea, dramatic irony

“Why should I hurt their father with the pain they feel, and suffer twice as much pain myself”

honesty and deceit, Medea, rhetorical question

“I’ll say that I agree with him, that I approve”

honesty and deceit, Medea, dramatic irony

“I will share my thoughts as though you were a friend”

honesty and deceit, Medea, smilie

“I would very much rather stand three times in the front of battle than bear one child”

roles of men and women, Medea, juxtaposition

“with an excess of wealth it is required for us to buy a husband and take our bodies a master”

roles of men and women, Medea, metaphor

“Medea, I order you to leave my territories”

roles of men and women, Creon, foreshadow

“for there is already abundance of pleasure for men”

roles of men and women, Jason, hyperbole

“I can prove you have certainly got from me more than you gave”

tension between reality and appearance, Jason, contrast

“and women not to have existed, then life would have been good”

tension between reality and appearance, Jason, hyperbole

“I’ll not desert my friends, but have come to make some provision for you”

tension between reality and appearance, Jason, contrast

“pleasant sounds for men living at ease”

tension between reality and appearance, Medea, juxtaposition