Medea and Electra

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Medea and Electra | Fifth Episode: Medea, Tutor, and Children Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. How does Medea react to the Tutor’s news from the palace, and how does he in turn respond to this?

2. In Medea’s recounting of all the things she’ll miss by giving up her sons, we can learn something about ancient familial traditions. What mother’s rituals, for example, will Medea not be able to perform for her sons?

3. Similarly, what filial obligation will her sons not be able to perform for her?

4. What first causes Medea to re–think her original plan to kill her children?

5. What makes her renew her resolve after this?

6. In the...

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