Much like the Nurse, the tutor (or attendant) would be considered a servant or slave of the family. Because of his lack of traits and the generic label he would be classified as a stock character. He simply serves as a means to relay information that has happened offstage. In the beginning he tells the Nurse about the "gossip" which he heard about Medea being exiled by Creon. Later he relays the information to Medea that her sons have been spared from exile and questions her actions to the news. The stories of the tutor set the plot in motion. His first account foreshadows Medea's exile while the second one causes Medea to go through with her scheme of causing Jason suffering by Killing the princess, Creon, and their two sons.