Word: medea
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...teach the history of Greek literature without Euripides’ Medea always on the reading list,” Schiefsky said, adding that in the past, courses that included texts not on the required list for general exams were guaranteed low enrollments...
...doubling psychologizes the drama. Just as for betrayed Medea all that exists are thoughts of revenge on Jason and disgust with herself, so too on stage there are only variants of the two. The audience is brought in uncomfortably close proximity to her crisis...
Though many areas of the medea are purely modern, the dialogue presents a curious marriage of the ancient and the current. Stylistically, the words maintain a poetic, terse quality reminiscent of the original Medea. The prose here is succinct yet hazy, building up meaning though many small declarations rather than direct statements, as if a pointillist painting...
...total effect of the performance is a profound delving into the problem of Medea. The narrative is reduced to short, non-chronological scenes as sparks to illuminate the greater story. It is as if the scenes are coagulations of the blood spilled so many years ago, visible manifestations of suffering and distress...
Tickets to the medea are free and available at the Loeb Box Office. Performances began last night and continue today at 7:30 and 10 and Saturday...