Study Chart for Euripides' Medea, by Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Temple University

Prologue	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7
Nurse laments Medea's life. Tutor explains Medea's threatened exile. Medea cries from inside the house	Medea explains the lot of women in general. Creon pronounces her exile, but allows her a day's grace. Medea plans her revenge.	Jason tries to calm Medea, who denounces him. He defends his actions.	Aegeus offers Medea asylum in Athens if she helps him cure his lack of sons. After he leaves, she announces her full revenge	Medea offers gifts to Jason's new bride through their sons hands.	Tutor delivers boys to Medea, who has second thoughts.	Messenge announces "success" to Medea, who then enters house to kill her sons	Jason arrives for revenge, but Medea has the chariot of her grandfather, god Helius
Parodos (with Medea and Nurse) Worries about Medea, who regrets her life with prayers to Themis	Stasimon 1 Men are evil. The poets should denounce them, not women	Stasimon 2 Dangerous love, may it never cause me to leave home	Stasimon 3 How will blessed Athens receive a child-murderer?	Stasimon 4 Lament for children	Stasimon 5 To lack children is better.	Stasimon 6 May the gods stop her. Why suffer childbirth only to kill?	Exodos Gods rule all and act unexpectedly

Parts played by first actor:
Parts played by second actor
Parts played by third actor

Study Questions:
1. What is the relationship between revenge and justice?
2. Where are the gods here?
3. Why does Medea get away with these actions?
4. Are Jason's actions defensible?
5. When and why does Medea decide on her full course of revenge?
6.Are there any important structural differences between this play and others?