Background Info
Motivations
Plot
Characters
Miscellaneous
100
Who is the author of the play Medea?
Who is Euripides?
100
Which character in the play has caused Medea's rage?
Who is Jason?
100
Who is Jason intending to marry?
Who is Creon's daughter?
100
Who is Creon?
What is the king of Corinth?
100
What does the play open with?
What is the nurse's lament?
200
What was Jason's mission when he and Medea first met?
What is capture the golden fleece?
200
What terrible thing did Medea do for Jason that makes it impossible for her to return to her homeland?
What is kill her own brother?
200
Why has Aegeus gone to visit the oracle?
What is to find out how he and his wife can have children?
200
What is special about Medea's grandfather in Colchis?
What is he is a king?
200
At the beginning, Medea is so distraught that she wishes for this -
What is her own death?
300
What did Medea persuade King Pelias's daughters to do to help Jason get revenge and escape?
What is kill their father?
300
Why is Medea being banished?
What is Creon is afraid of what Medea will do? OR What is Medea is dangerous?
300
What two things does Jason offer to help Medea near the end of their argument?
What are money and introductions to friends that might help her?
300
When Medea asks for help from the heavens, which god or goddess does she request help from?
Who is Hecate, goddess of crossroads and sorcery?
300
The action of the play takes place over how much time?
What is a day?
400
What does the nurse fear at the beginning of the play?
What is Medea will take violent revenge?
400
Why does the nurse send the children inside the house?
What is she fears what Medea will do to them? OR What is she is afraid Medea may take her anger out on them?
400
What bargain does Medea strike with Creon?
What is she can stay one day and then leave forever?
400
What makes Creon a sympathetic character? (What makes the audience relate to him and feel for his situation?)
What is his love for his daughter?
400
Medea thinks that women in Greece are treated worse than THIS by the men.
What are slaves?
500
Before Aegeus will grant Medea's favor, what must she do?
What is get to his kingdom on her own?
500
Why is Jason suddenly concerned for his children's safety when he returns at the end of the play?
What is he knows Medea is crazy?
500
What does Jason agree to ask Creon on Medea's behalf?
What is can the children stay?
500
Who is Aegeus?
What is an Argonaut and friend of Jason and Medea?
500
How does Medea react to being called a monster at the end of the play?
What is she embraces the title? (What is she likes it?)
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