Roman Tragedy V: Seneca’s Medea, or Every Day a Little Death

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inRoman Tragedy, The Romans

Seneca gives us his take on Medea in today’s episode.

Discussion Prompts
  1. AP Credit: How does this play teach us about stoicism?
  2. Which Medea do you prefer? That of Euripides or that of Seneca? What about Jason?
  3. What does the end of this play have to say about the gods?
  4. How would you stage this play? Is the chorus on stage the entire time? What about Medea? Or the nurse? Where would you put entrances and exits?
  5. And the usual directing questions: vision, dream cast, etc.?

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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