{"id":59,"date":"2008-09-19T12:20:43","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T16:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/2008\/09\/19\/language-words-associated-with-medea\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T12:20:43","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T16:20:43","slug":"language-words-associated-with-medea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/2008\/09\/19\/language-words-associated-with-medea\/","title":{"rendered":"Language\/ Words Associated With Medea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nurse(On Medea)\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

“she lends as deaf an <\/font><\/a>ear to her friend’s warning as if she were a rock<\/strong><\/em> or ocean billow<\/em>“<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

“<\/strong>she will not cease <\/a>from her fury<\/strong><\/em> till she have pounced<\/strong><\/em> on some victim.”<\/font>‘Tis as I said, my dear children; wild <\/em><\/strong>fancies stir your mother’s heart, <\/a>wild fury<\/strong><\/em> goads her on. Into the house without delay, come not near her <\/a>eye, approach her not, beware her savage<\/strong><\/em> mood, the fell tempest of her <\/a>reckless<\/strong><\/em> heart. In, in with what speed ye may. For ’tis plain she will <\/a>soon redouble her fury<\/strong><\/em>; that cry is but the herald of the gathering storm-cloud <\/a>whose lightning soon will flash; what will her proud restless<\/strong><\/em> soul, in <\/a>the anguish<\/strong><\/em> of despair<\/strong><\/em>, be guilty of?<\/p>\n

<\/font>This will I do; but I doubt whether I shall persuade my mistress; <\/font><\/a>still willingly will I undertake this trouble for you; albeit, she glares <\/font><\/a>upon her servants with the look of a lioness<\/strong><\/em> with cubs, whenso anyone draws <\/font><\/a>nigh to speak to her.<\/font><\/p>\n

Chorus(On Medea)<\/font><\/p>\n

I heard the voice, uplifted loud, of our poor<\/strong><\/em> Colchian lady, <\/font><\/a>nor yet is she<\/strong><\/em> quiet<\/strong>; speak, aged dame<\/strong><\/em>, for as I stood by the house with <\/font><\/a>double gates I heard a voice of weeping from within, and I do grieve, lady<\/font><\/p>\n

Would that she would come forth for us to see, and listen to <\/font><\/a>the words of counsel we might give, if haply she might lay aside the fierce <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/a>fury<\/strong><\/em> of her wrath<\/strong><\/em>, and her temper stern<\/strong><\/em>. <\/font><\/p>\n

I heard a bitter<\/em><\/strong> cry of lamentation<\/em>! loudly, bitterly<\/em><\/strong> she calls <\/font><\/a>on the traitor of her marriage bed<\/font><\/p>\n

Creon<\/font><\/p>\n

Hark thee, Medea, I bid thee take those sullen<\/strong><\/em> looks and angry<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>thoughts against thy husband forth from this land in exile,<\/p>\n

thou art a witch<\/strong><\/em> by nature, expert in countless sorceries<\/strong><\/em>, <\/font><\/a>and thou art chafin<\/strong><\/em>g for the loss of thy husband’s affection. I hear, too, <\/font><\/a>so they tell me, that thou dost threaten<\/strong><\/em> the father of the bride, her husband, <\/font><\/a>and herself with some mischief.<\/font><\/p>\n

Thy words are soft to hear, but much I dread lest thou art <\/font><\/a>devising some mischief <\/strong><\/em>in thy heart, and less than ever do I trust thee <\/font><\/a>now; for cunning woman,<\/strong><\/em> and man likewise, is easier to guard against when <\/font><\/a>quick-tempered than when taciturn.<\/font><\/p>\n

Begone, thou silly<\/strong><\/em> woman, and free me from my toil. <\/font><\/p>\n

Jason(On Medea)<\/font><\/p>\n

At least I call the gods to witness, that I am ready in all <\/font><\/a>things to serve thee and thy children, but thou dost scorn<\/strong><\/em> my favours and <\/font><\/a>thrustest thy friends stubbornly<\/strong><\/em> away; wherefore thy lot will be more bitter <\/font><\/a>still. <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nurse(On Medea)\u00a0 “she lends as deaf an ear to her friend’s warning as if she were a rock or ocean billow“ “she will not cease from her fury till she have pounced on some victim.”‘Tis as I said, my dear children; wild fancies stir your mother’s heart, wild fury goads her on. Into the house … Continue reading Language\/ Words Associated With Medea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[706],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aristotle-language"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/492"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}