Background Info
Who is Jason intending to marry?
Who is Creon's daughter, Glauce?
Who is Creon?
What is the King of Corinth?
What two things does Medea do for Jason that makes it impossible for her to return to her homeland?
What is abandon her kingdom and betray her father?
What bargain does Medea strike with Creon?
What is she can stay one day and then leave forever?
Who is Aegeus?
What is King of Athens and a friend of Jason and Medea?
What did Medea persuade King Pelias's daughters to do to help Jason get revenge and escape?
What is kill their father by boiling him alive?
Why did Jason marry Creon's daughter? Reference Jason's explanation for your response.
What is Jason says it will provide security for his children and increased social status?
What does Jason agree to ask Creon on Medea's behalf?
What is can the children stay?
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?
What does the nurse fear at the beginning of the play?
What is Medea might harm her children in her grief and rage?
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?
Why has Aegeus gone to visit the oracle?
What is to find out how he and his wife can have children?
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?
Why does Medea beg for Jason's forgiveness?
What is she knows that if she plays into his sexist views on women, it will allow her to enact her revenge against his new wife and father-in-law.
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?
What is special about Medea's grandfather?
What is he is Helios, the Sun God?