Medea
In both of the plays Electra and Medea the chorus has a large part in terms of interaction in the play itself. The chorus offers advice to the characters of the play throughout their many times of turmoil. The chorus becomes the opposing view of Anaxagoras' theme of "Nous". The chorus is offering the sane view of the world to rather insane characters. In Electra, the chorus consults directly with Electra at the beginning of the play. The chorus begs the irate Electra to accept their offer to take the gods into her life and live peacefully. Electra retorts by reminding the chorus of her slain father. Her mind controls her idea of revenge. This example symbolizes the split in opinions of Aristotle and Euripides' mentor. On one hand we have the idea of sanity and the chance to be moral, yet on the other hand there is the idea of " a mind made up" theory as in the case of Electra herself. Another example occurs later in the play. In order to help Electra while there is still time to abort her villanous plot, the chorus advises Electra on where she should journey to. Once again she refuses and this time she engages in a conflict with the messenger. The chorus in the Medea takes on a similar role to that of the p
He does this by presenting to the audience a moral voice in the Chorus. All of these characters assume instrumental roles , the chorus, how ever being my personal favorite. This actuality illustrates the first association between the Chorus and Medea. For her to look upon another man other than her husband would have been totally unacceptable. Where their sympathies lie has changed, and this is indicative of the desired response of the audience. The chorus provides the opposing viewpoint to that which is held by the characters of the plays but not Euripides himself. The chorus is the last grasp of sanity for these already disturbed people. ' If this is not already the audience's opinion, then Euripedes enforces it so that it is. The language that is used during the Chorus' stasima is also important. When Medea married Jason, she married herself to him for life. ' Through this relationship between the Chorus and the audience, Euripedes is able to influence the audience to sympathise with Medea. In the listing of characters at the commencement of the play, the Chorus is acknowledged to be a chorus of Corinthian Women. In the beginning of the play, their sympathies lie with Medea, and the audience is lead to share this sympathy, but at the end of the play the Chorus is condemning Medea: 'O miserable mother, to destroy your own increase, Murder the babes of your body! Stone and iron you are, as you resolved to be. Their integral part in the play acts in many ways, to follow, revise, and extend the plot of the play, and to influence the opinions and sympathies of the audience. They act as narrators on important occurrences in the play; however, they also act as a device Euripedes uses to influence the opinion of the audience.
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